Day 311

have you ever had a day of traveling that when it is all over you're like, seriously, how did i make it through that without losing my head!?!?! well, today was definitely one of those days. here's a list of things, neither good nor bad necessarily, but...

1. up at 2:30 am to make 2 hour international check-in for 6 am flight

2. security guy laughs at my passport picture, rightfully so i must say

3. go to starbucks and they don't have pumpkin spice to make my pumpkin spice latte :(

4. board plane and adorable family sits near by

5. plane begins to fill-up and rain-man/schizophrenic sits next to me

6. adorable family's baby starts to scream and doesn't stop for the next 1.5 hours

7. schizophrenic is double, triple and quadrupole checking his carry-on, the reading material in the seat back, and definitely not enjoying the screaming baby

8. baby still screaming and VERY loudly - poor mom, i feel really bad for her but proceed to put my head phones on

9. sleeping, rather trying to sleep with headphones on as loud baby cries louder

10. schizophrenic starts telling me VERY loudly he has to go to bathroom so i need to get up. problem, i can't hear him with my head phones on

11. finally hear him, he goes to the restroom

12. baby stops crying

13. baby's older toddler brother throws the biggest tantrum i have ever heard in my life because the pilot has come on the loudspeaker and told everyone they need to be seated for landing - apparently this kid thinks he knows more than the pilot and doesn't need to sit...

14. land in dallas and exit the plane

15. schizophrenic guy runs past me through the exit ramp and i never see him again

16. take the tram to concourse D

17. plane gets delayed

18. gate gets changed and must take a tram to get to it

19. plane is delayed longer

20. two hours after scheduled time, get on plane

21. find out the first plane had a leaky fuel valve or something, thank God we weren't on that plane and now have a safe plane

22. delayed again, while on the plane. some guy checked himself, but not his luggage onto a different flight. so they had to take ALL the luggage of our plane to get to his bag and then put it all back on

23. flight attendant joyfully announces she will put the movie on to help pass the time

24. the movie is high school musical II - seriously!?!?!?

25. two women are sitting next to me and are talking, very loud in a foreign language i don't understand

26. my body wants to sleep and so i try

27. neighbor doesn't like to share the arm rest

28. periodically interrupted sleep for drinks, food, bathroom breaks

29. another baby starts to cry

30. the baby stops and doesn't cry long :)

31. AC is on super high, i am freezing

32. neighbor wakes me up to go to the bathroom (i have got to get the window seat on the way back)

33. we prepare to land and succeed

34. gather my luggage and find driver

35. make it to our home for the week in costa rica

it was soooo worth it :) thank you Lord for the grace that sustains!

(view from our house for the week)