Hello All! I finally got to Guam with Matthew. So here is a rundown of how my travels went...
I woke up Wednesday morning and got ready to head to the airport. I went online to check-in for my flight and discovered that it was delayed until 1:50pm! That would mean that I would miss my connecting flight to Japan. After a momentary freak out I called the airline and they put me on a different flight that would get me to Guam at the same time (and in a shorter amount of flying time!). So everything was fine and we went off to the airport.
My first flight was from RDU to Chicago with a 1 hour layover. That flight went quickly. It was a small 'puddle jumper' type plane. My second flight was from Chicago to Japan. It was only 13 hour compared to my previous 18 hour flight from DC. I was in a middle seat but it turned out to be OK because the people that I sat next to were pretty nice. There was an older Japanese man that spoke a little english and was pretty goofy. I think he was a football coach though. I didn't know they had football in Japan. Then there was a native Chamarro woman (from Guam) that was going home to see her family after 9 years in Chicago. We talked about some native Guam stuff like the food and the weather. She was supposed to be getting on a flight one hour after she landed in Japan heading for Guam. I tried to get on her flight with her but when I asked they said that they did not have enough time to transfer the baggage from my other plane. So I ended up spending about 5 hours in the Japanese airport. I slept for about 3 or those hours though! (With my bags close by! lol)
Finally the last leg of the flight trip. Three hours from Japan to Guam and seeing my husband! That flight was the worst of the 3. I traded spots with a girl so that she could sit with her friend and ended up sitting next to a grumpy grandma that was actually a little rude. Needless to say I did not try to spark conversation with her. Mostly I tried to sleep during that flight. That flight felt a lot longer than the 3 hours that it actually was!
When we finally landed I was super excited and nervous that I was going to see Matthew at every turn. I was looking for him the whole time I was following the signs to baggage! We got in at 1:20 am and I didn't get my bags until 2:00am. I was getting really frustrated that the bag people we keeping me from seeing my husband who I knew I was closer to at that time than I had been in months!
BUT... of course the bags finally came and I did finally get my hugs and kisses from Matthew!
First impressions of Guam:
1) Walking from the airport to the car I had only one thought about Guam: HOT AND HUMID!! And this was at 2am!
2) Tropical Paradise! Palm trees everywhere! Yepp that's just within the first 2 minutes!
Alright well this post is long enough. I am going to do one more today about the house but then you might not hear from me in a while. I'm sitting in McDonald's typing this. We get internet installed on Wednesday.
I woke up Wednesday morning and got ready to head to the airport. I went online to check-in for my flight and discovered that it was delayed until 1:50pm! That would mean that I would miss my connecting flight to Japan. After a momentary freak out I called the airline and they put me on a different flight that would get me to Guam at the same time (and in a shorter amount of flying time!). So everything was fine and we went off to the airport.
My first flight was from RDU to Chicago with a 1 hour layover. That flight went quickly. It was a small 'puddle jumper' type plane. My second flight was from Chicago to Japan. It was only 13 hour compared to my previous 18 hour flight from DC. I was in a middle seat but it turned out to be OK because the people that I sat next to were pretty nice. There was an older Japanese man that spoke a little english and was pretty goofy. I think he was a football coach though. I didn't know they had football in Japan. Then there was a native Chamarro woman (from Guam) that was going home to see her family after 9 years in Chicago. We talked about some native Guam stuff like the food and the weather. She was supposed to be getting on a flight one hour after she landed in Japan heading for Guam. I tried to get on her flight with her but when I asked they said that they did not have enough time to transfer the baggage from my other plane. So I ended up spending about 5 hours in the Japanese airport. I slept for about 3 or those hours though! (With my bags close by! lol)
Finally the last leg of the flight trip. Three hours from Japan to Guam and seeing my husband! That flight was the worst of the 3. I traded spots with a girl so that she could sit with her friend and ended up sitting next to a grumpy grandma that was actually a little rude. Needless to say I did not try to spark conversation with her. Mostly I tried to sleep during that flight. That flight felt a lot longer than the 3 hours that it actually was!
When we finally landed I was super excited and nervous that I was going to see Matthew at every turn. I was looking for him the whole time I was following the signs to baggage! We got in at 1:20 am and I didn't get my bags until 2:00am. I was getting really frustrated that the bag people we keeping me from seeing my husband who I knew I was closer to at that time than I had been in months!
BUT... of course the bags finally came and I did finally get my hugs and kisses from Matthew!
First impressions of Guam:
1) Walking from the airport to the car I had only one thought about Guam: HOT AND HUMID!! And this was at 2am!
2) Tropical Paradise! Palm trees everywhere! Yepp that's just within the first 2 minutes!
Alright well this post is long enough. I am going to do one more today about the house but then you might not hear from me in a while. I'm sitting in McDonald's typing this. We get internet installed on Wednesday.
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