And We're Off.....

Disclaimer: This blog will contain loads of sarcastic comments. Some will be about my family while some will feature random people I see. I will make comments about my surroundings and even make fun of myself periodically. Please don't take much of it seriously. I lace the truth with sarcasm because my livelihood depends upon making all of you laugh. Please don't believe that I despise my parents or hate the world. I discriminate all - no one is safe from my stinging wit. All in good fun. All harmless. I'd rather not get sued for anything I say here. I am incapable of keeping my opinion to myself so get used to it. :0)

Let me preface this blog by informing you all that I am writing this while on the plane. Alaska Air has free WiFi in the air. It's amazing. Technology is both amazing and yet horrendously frustrating. At 34,000 ft. in the air I can surf the web but I seem to have difficulties getting good cell service in my house. Go figure.

Anyways, we are off. My parents finally got around to packing...slackers. And much to her chagrin, my mom forgot her book. She begged and pleaded (asked once) to use my Kindle to buy the book. Now she's happy. Crisis averted.

We left the house at 5 am. It really is a lovely hour to be alive. A cool breeze and a beautiful sunrise welcomed us as we drove the New Jersey Turnpike towards Newark Airport. Such a picturesque drive....I must try to do it more often.

We boarded the plane by 715. We are sitting in separate seats on this leg of the trip. I'm in row 21 and my parents are in row 23. They seem to have semi-respectable row mates. I, however, got stuck with some rather ridiculous characters. To my right is a woman who seemed a bit uptight about traveling. She was on the phone with her daughter before we left the gate. Definitely told her she loved her about five times in a five minute conversation. Then she proceeded to take a bunch of pills. I didn't pay attention to what they were but I'll assume that they are anti-anxiety pills and make her out to be crazy. The truth has no basis in this blog.

And to my left is the character that could be up for the "buy an extra seat" award. She was right behind me when we boarded the plane and she hardly let me sit before plopping down herself. (plopping is the key word here). She had to request for a seat belt extender and has been sleeping on and off for the past hour and a half. I was forced to climb over her to use the bathroom. My long legs saved me the hardship endured had I awoken the sleeping giant - now if only the Japanese had thought along the same lines...

We are due to land in Seattle at 10:40 a.m. PST. So that would be 1:40 p.m. EST We will be there for three hours do to a layover. Then we take a 2-hour flight to Fairbanks. I'll post some pictures of the Seattle airport later on. Til then...