After i got home, unpacked, sent all of you home since you wouldnt help, i finally relaxed again. As I relaxed, actually sat on my ars, i thought about our trip. basicly it was fun. I did have a few things that drove me nuts. i have to tell you these things, cus i have nothing else to talk about. I do need to stop by your pages and read the latest and greatest of the info on here. but first, let me say these few things.
I sent my tweezers with john in the car so they wouldnt take them from me at the airport. I dont know about you, but once you find a decent pair of tweezers, you make sure they dont get lost, or damaged. I have bought multiple tweezers, just to find our they dont match up and are useless. so i had a geat pair. when i got to our hotel room and unpacked, i couldnt find them. i tore every bag apart looking for them. i couldnt find them. i was so upset. so when we got home, i was unpacking again, and there they were, sitting right in the middle of one of the bags i tore apart. at least i still have them. now i just need to use them again. Im getting the unibrow thing right now.
i dont know if i said this earlier, but im gonna say it again if i did. you know how the airports are supposedly being all critical of everyone going through the gates. we have to take off our shoes, pack make up and personal items in baggies, practicly undress to go through the metal detector. ok, i get to the airport and only had my carry on. No luggage. i printed my own ticket, so i never had to talk to anyone. and my ticket was one way. this should have sent up red flags everywhere. i went through all the totally bored screeners, and when i kinda whined about having to take off my flops, they just rolled their eyes and said put them in the tub. everyone i talked to said i looked suspicious, but not in our airport. I had no purse, no luggage, just my laptop and cell phone. my id and credit card were in my pocket. no one even flinched. they just waved me through. how funny, micheal cain is saying the same thing on the view right now. except they pulled him aside and profiled him.
the other thing that drove me crazy was the radio commercials. you know the ones where they announce some 1-800 number, 3, 4, or maybe 5 times so you dont forget it. by the time they are done saying it so many times, and I have it memorised, i dont know who it belongs to. but that is ok, cus it keeps repeating in my brain all by itself. this is ok if your only in the car for a short time, but on a long drive it sucks. by the time you get to your destination, you have a bunch of these numbers floating around in your head. or at least parts of them. i really hate these commercials. i was gonna warn lu to bring cd's or tapes or sheetmusic, on her trip to keep her from going crazy, but sadly her plans changed.
we rented a car to travel in. it was a saturn something. if we ever get a new car, we may just look into getting one of these. it was very comfortable.
ok, that is it. im tired. i need to go read some of what is going on out there from you.
Welcome home!
ReplyDeleteI know just what you mean about the tweezers. My own pair is quite old, but very reliable, and I'd hate to have to find a good replacement.
:-)
Being blonde and without much in the way of eyebrows I never thought about taking tweezers on a trip. I generally get them waxed every couple of months and occasionally I'll attempt to pluck a stray hair or two...but that's it - I didn't realize there were good vs bad tweezers.
ReplyDelete(let me take a moment to feel sorry for you darker haired folks - should I mention that I only have to shave my legs once a week in the summertime and maybe once a month in the winter when I'm not going barelegged?)
As for the radio - I don't take long road trips often, but when I do maybe it's the kind of music I listen to but I generally don't get stuck with those jingly commercials - they must be annoying.
Oh, and the one way ticket - it's not the one way that troubles them - its if the ticket was newly issued and/or paid for with cash - then it gets a special code and they will check you over more thoroughly than usual. The lack of a purse - well I generally don't carry one on flights - the laptop is my personal item - and the purse goes in the carryon. The way you travelled is the way that most frequent travelers do.....and of course I don't that your local airport is considered "high risk" which would explain the laid back screeners.
Wait till Vegas ;).
Living with my daughter and granddaughter..tweezers are always missing...now mine is hidden in my..wait, I'm not telling!! lol
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...could lisa be a terrorist in disquise? Why didn't you want to take off your flip flops?
ReplyDeleteI haven't warn flip flops in 11 years. I used to live in those things. Now the here the sun doesn't come out long enough to warrant buying them! I do love going barefoot in the backyard though!
I don't have any preference for tweezers. A tweezer is a tweezer is a tweezer...know what I mean? OF course you don't! LMAO!
I prefer cd's when I am driving. The radio has too many commericals and tends to wake me from my day dreams and makes me concentrate on my driving! LMAO!
It's funny that you mentioned Michael Cane on the View..cause when he was talking about that I thought of YOU! LOL And, we had CD's and such ready..I hate traveling and having to readjust the radio every so many miles. lol And..you are sooo right about the tweezer thing...I have a pair and if I ever lost them I think I would be lost too. :)
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