random babble…

So, we left O’ahu after the New Year.

We had a late night flight to another island.  Our itinerary said that we were flying w/ US Air, so when we showed up to put our baggage through the Agricultural inspection and it was closed, we asked someone working there if we could use another.  The told us it didn’t open for two hours, almost an hour after our plane was supposed to have taken off.  They told us we must be confused about the flight time, and laughed.

No, ass hole, we had the right time.

But when the military booked our tickets they didn’t bother to tell us that all inter-island flights would be through Hawaiian, so our itinerary was wrong.  SATO is good about this, as they sent me to the wrong airline in the past (when I moved to O’ahu) and I missed my flight while arguing that I was in the right place, since no one knew where I was supposed to be.

We got to the right gate, our baggage inspected and checked (if we weren’t military, it would have cost us about $400 for all the changeovers w/ our baggage and checking and such), and we were on Kauai less than an hour later.  Funny about this, if you were trying to intentionally book a flight from Kauai to the Mainland or vice versa, they would make you go through Honolulu.  Just sayin…

We had a two hour wait, then we were on a red eye to Phoenix (a six hour flight).  

Another two hour wait.

When we boarded the plane for Des Moines one of our carry ons wouldn’t fit in the overhead, but it had on the other planes.  It was mostly The Kid’s school books for the month of home schooling she is doing right now.  But for some reason, at the last minute, we had decided to pack my laptop in there for one less thing to carry, and didn’t remember to take it out when they insisted on checking the pack on the plane.  The flight attendant had us tag it, and she carried it to the cabin, where there was a stroller, three wheelchairs, and two other packs.  It maybe had to go 80 feet.

It never made it out of Phoenix.

I was furious, both at the airline for losing it and at myself for breaking the “never check your laptop” rule, even if it was out of exhaustion.

So we got the bag back a few days ago.  I just cleaned out 56 emails and comment alerts from my inbox (I love you peeps!), and hopefully the free wifi in the hotel will keep up.

We made a six hour drive from Des Moines to St. Louis yesterday to take The Kid to see her bio father, and that exhausted me.

I also finally managed to take a crap, which might be TMI for some of you, but that is a major development, and a long story.

We are sitting lazy in the hotel right now, and we may get up and explore for a bit.  

I finished New Moon, and will be blogging about it soon, since Mzbitca finished up Twilight for us (yay!)  I had to take a break and read something that didn’t make me want to rip my hair out.  Warrior and the sequel Witch, by Marie Brennan, which are worthy of review if I get some time.  Great reads.  Chewed through them in just a couple of days.  This is how the SFP is done people…take note.

Hope you are all doing well.  Feel free to check in!