Monday, June 28, 2010

I stink at blogs

Okay, I really stink at blogging! I tell Clynt all the time "That would make a GREAT blog", but then I never do it! AHH!! Well, the most recent thing that i said that about was our vacation.

It was quite an eventful vacation and I think it will be an interesting blog. I will start from the beginning, and let you know all the things that went WRONG on our vacation. Sounds more like a saga than anything =)

To start, we get to the airport. We checked in and paid our $15 for baggage the night before, but we still had to go leave it with the check-in counter for AirTran. Our bag was barely under weight which was great (I have been known to pack bags that were over weight). BUT then she pulls out her tape measure!!! Who does that! Evidently your bag can't be over a certain size by measure the length and height and width of it! Well, it was over sized by a few inches, so she says that we have to pay an additional $45 for it. YES, total of $64 to check the bag! Grr... So she charges us $64 for the bag. BUT- remember I told you that we had already paid $15? So I correct her and she sends us to ANOTHER line for a refund!! GRR. Then we go wait in line for security only to get to the front of the line and them tell us that our boarding pass didnt say IFNT on it, so Corbin couldnt get through! So we have to go BACK to the check-in line and tell them that they screwed up yet again and need to correct it. (to back up a second- when I booked our flights over the phone, they booked it for a WEEK after I had asked and the only way that I figured that out was bc I called them a few days later and changed our times, so yes... not happy with Air Tran). They fix it and we get through the line and grab something to eat in the terminal. Then we go board our plane. Then we have to DE-BOARD our plane! There was a storm in Atlanta so they wouldnt let us land there. So we wait an hour and board the plane again. On the plane they let us use their internet to check the status of the connecting flight and we noticed that our flight was leaving before we were landing! We get off the plane and their is a lady their and we tell her we are going to New York and she tell us to go to C12, to which I replied "you mean, their is another flight going out?", she says "yep!". I felt relieved, so we rush to a different terminal (ATL airport is HUGE so this means a tram ride and everything) only to get to the gate and them tell us that our flight had left a long time ago. So then we have to wait in line for the CS rep to tell us that they had no more flights leaving out that night! grr... So we are stuck in Atlanta and it is already 11pm. She tells us we can go get our baggage and go to a hotel (which we had to pay for at a discounted rate) and be back at the airport by 5 for the the morning flight. We go to get our baggage and they tell us it will be 1-3 hours before we could get it!! Not to mention being incredibly rude about it, ugh. So then we decide to just leave and we will have to do with out our clothes and everything until we get to NYC. We get to the hotel, and I run in to check in and Clynt is getting the baggage out of the shuttle, I gave her our confirmation number but Clynt had my ID, so the lady is MEAN and tells me I have to wait at the end of the line (by this time EVERYONE on the shuttle was in line so we had to wait another 20 minutes to check-in). Well then it was night night time from our miserable day!

We then wake up the next morning, and incur another several horrible customer service issues but we move on and get to the airport for our flight. Which leaves only 20 minutes late or so. So we go get our rental car company (whom wouldnt refund our money from the previous day!) and we get our car. Clynt had printed out maps and "knew" where he was going to get to our hotel in Connecticut. Which meant that he would not pay any attention to the GPS that we had. So we go the WRONG way! Finally he listened to the GPS telling him to turn around, however our drive to the hotel took 2.5 hours when it should only be a 1-1.5 hour drive. Anyways, we get there and clean up and head over to my aunt's house and let Corbin nap for a couple hours before the graduation. The graduation turned out being incredibly long and with Corbin being so tired, he was not happy to be there. But it all went well and spending time with my family was awesome and much needed.

We get back to the hotel and the next day was the graduation party, so we had lots of fun there and then my cousin had a after party, and that was loads of fun too. Check out my FB page for pictures! The next morning we got up and went for breakfast with the family at my Aunt's house. Then we were off to the city, which was bitter sweet. I was really excited to go to the city, but it is always so sad to leave my family because it will be a while before we see them again, it is the MAJOR downside to have family so far apart.

We get to the city and go straight to the ferry for the statue of liberty. It was really cool and all but we really didnt expect the lines. We go back to our car and we went over to Carlos' Bakery which was CLOSED! AHHHH!!!!! The hours said open and everything, but they were not open! I was really sad! So we went back to the hotel. On the way around the city though we did see several things like Ground Zero, Madisson Square and just lots of things. We checked into our hotel and it was REALLY nice! So that was a pro to the vacation. We then go walking around and walk around some of the shops and markets, but the markets all were closing as we went walking around. {{Tears}} Then we are trying to find something Japanese to eat. Most of the places we stopped at didnt have any seating because it was Father's Day and they were packed so we ended up stopping at a steakhouse. It was good, but they didnt have milk or ANY kids cups so clynt walked to get some milk at the deli across the street to put in Corbin's cup. The waitress came and asked us to remove the milk from our table. GRRR!!! Come to find out, we were at a Jewish restaurant and our milk was NOT KOSHER!! They could have just said that! So we leave after eating and walk around some more. St. Patrick's Cathedral, which we REALLY wanted to see, was also closed. Boo!! So we walked around a bit more and went back to the hotel only to find that our crib was not their yet. After 2 more calls and another 1.5 hours, we had our crib and were able to put Corbin to bed. The next morning we left, and everything on that trip went WONDERFUL, expect when we arrived in Houston. Before even getting off the plane, I had a call from my sister (who was dogsitting for us) and one of our dogs was missing. She was our first dog together and we were both upset but I was just crying, I had had enough and I was breaking down.

So we spent out "chill day" searching for our dog and didnt find her. The next day I spent going to shelters and putting up signs with my sister. Some one finally did call and had found her. Whew.

So I am tired of typing now! All is getting much better in the house of the Waddells! Talk to you soon!!
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1 comment:

  1. That definitely sounds like a stressful trip. But, at least everything turned out in the end. I'm so glad that you had a good time and found your dog! :)

    The pictures are cute. I just didn't comment. Have I mentioned that I'm tired?

    Keep up writing! I READ IT!

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