...my true love gave to me - a ticket to Munich Germany. I hope you sang this as you read it. It will count down the same way every day. Cheezy? Yep!
We drove to STL to park at Rosalie's house (she is cheaper than the Parking Spot). Since Rosalie's house was locked and we had no key, I had to visit the ladies room at the Walgreens by her house. Seemed like a good idea until the restrooms were located next to the little urgent care clinic. Germ invasion #1. So as we arrived at her house the cabbie was waiting for us in her driveway. He said he had been there on 40 seconds - the meter must have been running for him to be so precise! But as we loaded into the car he said "This place reminds me of my ex girlfriend". Hmmm...I looked at Guy with a look of I hope he isn't looking for revenge but I'm not sure he picked up on my expression. So as we headed for the airport, our driver was quite talkative and told us of all the local "Celebrities" he had given rides in his cab to. Mostly sports figures, so he and Guy talked baseball and other sports talk. When we arrived at the airport I went ahead and walked on in as he and Guy we still chatting it up. Luckily he was laughing as he came in and wasn't mad I abandoned him with chatty cathy.
Check in was nice and the lady behind the United counter came around to help us as the kiosk and basically said "you don't need to answer all this stuff" and buzzed us to the end. I'm pretty sure it was the part where we were supposed to say we didn't have explosives, knives, guns, we packed our own bags and haven't accepted any packages from strangers. We must not look too suspicious today. As we went down to the gate we got to go through the express lane because we recently applied for Global Entry. We didn't have to take our shoes of, take our electronics out or our liquids. Ok...well kinda. I did have to take my boots off because my fancy buckles did set the alarm off. Note to self - fashion gets me stopped. So we went to our gate and made a few calls to the big guys, Verizon and Chase so they knew we'd be out of the country and not send us warnings or heaven forbid put a block on our credit cards!
So we boarded the plane, one of those tiny little suckers, and that is when sneezie suzie began her series of uncovered sneezes. Germ invasion #2. I held my breath for what I thought was the appropriate amount of time, but as the 3rd and 4th sneeze flew past me, I figured either I needed to let it go and just take my chances or hold my breath til I passed out. I chose option 1. Note to those reading this blog COVER YOUR MOUTHS WHEN YOU SNEEZE AND COUGH. But it could have been worse, one of the little germ factories that were everywhere on the plane could have been yaking. So I considered it a win.
As we got to Chicago we thought we'd hunt up a big deep thick cheezy Chicago style pizza as our last big meal for hours and hours. Pizza Uno is in several locations, but only little kiosks, so we were told of the closest sit down restaurant that had pizza was called Tuscany. They are bound to have Chicago style pizza, right? As they brought out our cracker with cheese on it we chuckled and sighed and ate. Oh well, we will get plenty of food in the next 12 days. Plus we knew the United club would have cookies and other kinds of snacks. Guy is filling up on some cheese and crackers as I type. Almost forgot to mention this, but the couple sitting behind us at the restaurant were visiting with the waiter and they were telling him they were getting ready to fly to Germany to see the Christmas markets. :) I think they'll probably be on our flight.
To my dismay, a friend of mine, who is a medical professional, said new findings are showing a possible link of Alzheimers from the use of Xanax. Hm... so ya'll come by and visit me in the home, even though I won't know who you are. I just don't think I can pull off the long flight without it! Oh yes, the long flight. 9+ hours of sneezing, coughing and who knows what other kinds of airborne contagions. Germ invasion #3-10. :) Excuse me for a second while I chew on a few of my a
Airbornes.
Well I'm going to sign off for now. I need to go back to my Tuscany blog and re-read the instructions on how to correctly power up my iphone to connect to European phone companies. Looks like we should be boarding in about 30mintues. For those of you who are aware of my redneck airplane pillow, the answer is yes, I did bring my beach balls. I'll snap a selfie before the Xanax overcomes me. ;) And as always...prayers have started for safe travels, but feel free to join in at any time over the next two weeks! We are truly blessed and look forward to this excellent adventure.
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