tuesday morning, we woke up and finished the last of our packing. i had pretty much passed out on the bed around midnight completely giving up and not having any more energy to do one more thing, but by 7am i was up and moving around hoping not to forget anything.
we are having a house-sitter come and stay to watch things and take care of our cat, so we were changing sheets and straightening up around the house before walking out the door. we lingered a bit around the cat petting him and talking baby-talk to him before saying goodbye.
we headed to our favorite fast-food restaurant, chick-fil-a, to grab some breakfast. we also did a few last minute errands before heading to the airport.
we live in kyle, tx. this is a city that is a few miles south of austin.
kyle has grown so much that many people call it south austin in some areas. i mentioned
that because we are headed to the austin airport about 40 minutes from our home.
we are big fans of the bobby bones show on the radio in the morning and were listening to it on the way while talking about all the unknowns of our trip, before reaching the airport.
we were hoping to park in the parking garage, but we saw a sign that said it was all full. we then randomly picked a parking lot that was close by. as we were pulling in, we were curious why the sign said no shuttle. we assumed there had to be a mistake and drove forward into the parking area after swiping our credit card.
we took a picture of our parking area so we would remember it once we arrived back in austin. we slowly gathered our trash from breakfast and searched a great deal to find a trash can. we never found one, unfortunately, and i refused to leave the trash in our car to bake in the sun the whole time we were gone. it was impossible to hold the trash and all our luggage at the same time, but we attempted to give it a try for awhile anyway.
we walked to an area that resembled a pickup spot only to quickly realize that no one was coming to get us. we watched people walk from their cars with their bag towards the parking garage and decided that this was our fate as well.
we then ditched the chick-fil-a bag with our drinks (sorry) on top of a cement ashtray and took off in the direction everyone else was going. only they had one bag with them. we were rolling the circus into town with all our luggage.
the night before, chad checked us in on-line and printed our tickets. once we finally made it into the airport, dripping in sweat from the enormous task we had just performed with all our bags, we unknowingly check in at the kiosk...again. i guess the only thing we really did was waste time. being thorough might be our biggest crime, aside from littering of course.
we made our way to the front where they weighed each of our bags. they check to make sure they don't exceed 50lbs. i don't remember the exact number; however, i do remember mine weighting less that chad's and i bragged about it :) they were both in the 40's range i'm sure. (but we'll revisit this later).
we then zigzagged in a long line leading up to security. at this point we had a little less to carry. as we were making our way around i noticed a familiar voice. i looked over and noticed it was amy and bobby from the bobby bones show that we were just listening to. they were in town for the weekend and must had done their show here in austin. they were discussing the recent bombings at the boston marathon.
we first saw them a few months back at a movie theater in austin. we were all seeing zero dark thirty. afterwards, we saw them all talking in the hall, but we were too shy to go up and say, "hi." shortly after that, they announced that they were moving to nashville and we regretted not going up and speaking with them, so this was our second chance.
i awkwardly approached them and we introduced ourselves. we spoke for a little bit and then said goodbye. we regretted not getting a picture with them, but my husband said we were taking baby steps by just approaching them this time. we saw them again later too, but didn't have the nerve to bother them again.
we then made our way to security. this is always nerve wrecking for us. we always do something wrong and hold up the line while unpacking all our stuff. i never know when to take off my shoes, i can never seem to find my bag of liquids in time, and people are trying to shove their tray in a hurry towards my direction pressuring me to move along. be that as it may, somehow chad always takes longer than i do! :-)
while waiting for our first of many plane rides, we took our first monkey and dog picture at the austin airport. they are sitting on our carry on bag.
shortly, we loaded the smallest, crowded airplane we had ever been on. across the aisle next to the window was a young mother with a screaming baby boy in her lap. next to her and closest to me was an old indian lady staring at me and wiping her bare feet with a napkin from time to time.
this flight was arriving at detroit. it took nearly
3 1/2 hours to get there. during the fits of screaming, our headphones became our saving grace. i'm also grateful for the snacks and refreshments because that ended up being our lunch for the day.
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