Monday, December 20, 2010

This post got awful wordy

Left my flat around 3:30am (thanks to Jamie for the ride!) to catch my 6am flight to Long Beach, California. Getting anywhere with my suitcase was an ordeal for me considering I was carrying a dog in one carry on bag and my lap top in another. I was fully loaded up with heavy bags! Be that as it may, I successfully checked my bag in and paid for my puppy and made it through the security check. That was an adventure in itself because I had to take Gizmo out of the dog bag and carry him through the metal detector with me. It's hard enough to get Gizmo in that bag when we're alone at home, but getting him back in while in the midst of a dozen or more strangers was a whole other challenge. I don't know how I did it. I was not prepared! Especially not when I had to gather up all my other belongings on my own as well. By the time we left that area, I was sweating quite a bit. It was stressful!! The rest of the flights were pretty painless. Gizmo was a perfect angel. He didn't fuss at all. I think I required his comfort a lot more than he required me to comfort him. He didn't really need me at all! I'm glad he was there, though. I had a paw to hold during take off and landing! We had two stops before we got to Burbank. The first was in Chicago. That required a plane change and was a total pain, but our second stop in Oakland was a complete surprise to me. I was only aware of stopping in Chicago so when we were coming up on Oakland, I thought I had somehow made a terrible mistake because they weren't saying anything about going to Burbank! Finally, they did and I was relieved. Not just because I was on the right plane, but because I didn't have to get off again. When we finally touched down in Burbank, we were greeted by torrential rain. Such glorious California weather to welcome me! 

Flying over an ocean of clouds
Flying over a blanket of clouds

5 comments:

Joseph M. Edwards said...

absolutely love those photos.

jenell o' boogie said...

thank you, kind sir :) I took so many. I couldn't get over how beautiful the sunrise looked from hundreds of miles into the sky.

Joseph M. Edwards said...

the sky can be quite incredible and never the same. every flight i've ever been on, i'm in a trance staring out the window. you should do a post of just sky photos (above and below the clouds)!

jenell o' boogie said...

That's not a bad idea. If Flickr didn't cost money I'd post them up there. But since I can't I might as well post them here or on FB.

Joseph M. Edwards said...

yeah i don't even remember the limits with flickr, i've been sticking to a pro account for a few years now. fb isn't a bad idea. i was kinda thinking of doing the same.