I can't wait to catch up and see what everyone got. I hope it got better -
It has been a crazy day and I just had to post it. We we stayed at this Westin hotel with a few connecting rooms for my son's 10th birthday. It has an indoor pool. We had planned this for awhile. He invited 4 of his friends, and then my other sons - total of 8 boys. So this morning was as anyone would expect - crazy. 8 boys running around the rooms, playing Wii, fighting about computers, etc. Anyway, the hotel is next to the airport and my flight was at 10:48am (to go to my grandmother's service in MSP). Around 9:15, I started to gather my stuff and it was just insane trying to get out of the hotel rooms. But I got downstairs by 9:45 to get the 5 minute shuttle to the airport (it just so happened that the hotel we picked for the birthday party was a SFO hotel). I go downstairs, shuttle is late. Shuttle drives up, someone in front of them has car problems. ARGG. I get in the shuttle at 10am and arrive at 10:15 - 30 minutes to get to my gate. I get my ticket (have only carry-on luggage) and for the first time IN HISTORY misread my ticket. I see 34 - think it means gate 34. I go through 2 terminals (never really stopping to wonder why) and get to terminal 1 only be told 34 is my SEAT number and I need to go to terminal 3. I take the tram, cut through security, run to my gate - all in the matter of 20 minutes. Get to my gate exactly 10:38. And see my gate close. THEY WOULD NOT OPEN IT!! I thought I was going to lose it. I go to customer service, UNITED is all booked up for the rest of the day, have to get on a red-eye, I call my sister who is ms. travel guru and she has an American flight to go to MSP. She gets me on that flight for a beverevement fare, I'm sitting in her lounge, having a beer, and just about leave my gate. What a morning!
But I'm still so excited about our cruise. I got a Palo's dinner - later than I want, but still on the day I want. And a couple villa spa treatment. And signed up DH and the boys for the dolphin swim. I think we won't do much more. We will be doing this cruise with as little extra expenses as possible - (which means we will probably not do the spa thing, but still want to have it "just in case"). I don't care if we don't do a lot of $$ activities. I'm just still so happy to be going. So now, as I seat here sweating and red faced from running from one terminal to the other, waiting to go to a very, very sad service, I can actually smile. It will be tough. My grandmother was very well loved. I'm sure the whole town - I mean literally the whole town - will be there. It is nice to have this.
I'll try to touch base in the hotel tonight to find out what all is going on.
Lisa
for you for Grandma's loss.
