I spent most of my time today either inside an airport (SEA, LAS, or SNA) or onboard a Southwest plane. I have always loved traveling, especially at airports where I love to just observe (and judge) my fellow travelers. Today’s experiences top some of the best airport times. The funniest things were said, eaten, read, seen, done…Ever. Below are some of the more epic parts from my journey. Enjoy!
- Pre-Airport: Today marks my parent’s 26th wedding anniversary and so being the kind-hearted daughter I am I purchased a bouquet of flowers for them at Pike’s at 8 am (talk about dedication). I asked one of the lovely women to make me a special bouquet for about $15 while I went to go pull out some cash. When I returned she had made the LARGEST bouquet of flowers that I have ever purchased. They literally took up the entire front seat of my car. When I explained I had to take them on an airplane, she said, “Oh, that’s fine! I will just wrap them extra special for you so they last until California!”
- When my good friend, Alida, dropped me off at the airport, I texted her and asked if she had accidentally dropped me off at a senior center instead of the airport. I looked around and there was not one person under the age of 60. Note to self: 10 am on Wednesdays at SeaTac will have the same demographic as Denny’s during the early bird special.
- My flight had one stop and one layover. Our stop was in Reno, NV. When everyone that “needed” to get to Reno got off, I got up to use the restroom. There was one lady in line in front of me, and she said someone was inside already. They were taking forever so the lady went to the front of the plane. After she left, I saw that the door said, “occupied” but it was slightly open. I decided to open the door just to double check. Bad idea. There was a woman standing up, pants down, on her cell phone. I quickly shut the door. 5 minutes later and with four people in line behind me, the lady stumbles out the door horribly drunk, falls onto me and says, “I had the HARDEST time peeing in there!” I helped her stand back up and walked in the restroom only to see the floor covered in liquid. As I carefully tried to step around it, I finished quickly and went out to tell the stewardess. She seemed confused when I said that the woman might have “had an accident” because apparently the woman had also vomited on her way off the plane as well. Classy.
- A woman asked the stewardess if there was a way to charge her DVD player for her 3-year-old daughter. After the stewardess patiently said no, the woman pleaded for a plug-in because her DVD player was dead. No, ma'am there are not plug-ins on the airplane. When has there ever been plug-ins onboard a plane?
- Found out Burger King has a veggie burger. Not too bad.
- Throughout the day I got comments about the huge bouquet I was carrying around. My favorite comment/question was from an older woman working at Burger King- “Oh, did you just get married?” Yes, I just got married and decided to walk around the Vegas airport by myself with a huge-ass bouquet of flowers.
- As I sat in my seat while people boarded the plane in Reno, a man sat down next to me when he saw the flowers and said, "I think this will be the best smelling seat on the plane!"
- I started to type up this blog in Terminal B in the Vegas airport when all of a sudden a bird flew right in front of me. A bird. In the middle of Terminal B in the Vegas airport. I looked up and there were 4 more sitting on top of a closed windowsill INSIDE the airport. w.t.f.
I left for the airport at 10am and finally arrived at my house (after dinner) at 8pm. What a day...
