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wildvision) wrote2003-05-31 10:58 pm
wildvision) wrote2003-05-31 10:58 pm
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Home At Last!
*Yawns* It's so good to be home...
I got back from my trip yesterday. We left on Tuesday morning, and didn't get back until kinda late last night. I have nothing against travel in general, but this trip was a small sojourn in hell. >.< This is the point where my obsessive need to rant/blog clashes with my common sense of knowing better than to talk too much about the details of the process of applying for this particular job =P So I have to be kinda vague ^^;;
Since we were flying, we had to drive two hours to the nearest airport. That wasn't too bad; otousan drove, and we listened to the radio. He and I have very similar tastes in music (well, English music, anyway ^^), so there was no fighting over the station. We got to the airport pretty early, so by the time we'd checked in, checked our baggage and had our carry-on luggage scanned, we still had almost two hours until our flight left...which meant that we got to sit around for two hours. Now, this wouldn't have been so bad, if not for the human factor. We weren't the only ones who arrived early; as we waited, a bunch of other passengers began to arrive. And for some ungodly reason, many of them had children. I swear, there were at least ten screaming children in that place...and yes, I counted. This one man was sitting around reading the paper, while his two brats ran around the whole area...making as much noise as humanly possible, of course. *Growls* This is a prime example of why I feel that all small children should be leashed and muzzled when in public. So, as you can imagine, that flight was loads of fun.
Now, I've never flown before, and being the height-phobe that I am, I was kinda nervous. Really, though, flying isn't nearly as bad as I'd expected it to be. I sat by the window, and I was able to look outside once we were in the air...seeing clouds that close is just cool ^__^ Our flight was pretty short, so I read my novel (while trying to ignore the screaming children).
When we landed, we had to take a shuttle over to the building where we could pick up our luggage...otousan wasn't sure where to go, so he followed some people that were on our flight (a man and his wife, and their screaming child). Once we had our luggage, we caught a cab to our hotel, which was some distance away.
After we'd kind of settled into the hotel room, we took the hotel's shuttle over to the nearby mall. Now, I may be a small-town girl, but I think I can realistically say that this mall was huge! We roamed around, passing several stores that okaasan would have loved, but not much that otousan or I cared about...honestly, you'd think that a mall big enough to have a Bloomingdale’s, Macy's, and Saks Fifth Avenue would have at least one good electronics or video store! =P We ended up eating dinner in this Italian restaurant in the food court...God, things are overpriced there! The food was okay (I've easily had better), but ridiculously priced.
After we finished, we headed back to the hotel. I took a shower, and we went to bed as early as we could, 'cause I had to get up at 5:30 the next morning >.< Now, we were in a different time zone, so my internal clock was messed up, plus I'd not gotten up that early that morning, so I didn't fall asleep until well after midnight. Meaning, that I got around five hours of sleep. Now, when I'm at home and left alone (on weekends, or during breaks from school), I sleep at least nine or ten hours each day. That's just how I am. So, I was not happy to get up the next morning.
Since okaasan wasn't with us, I had to do my own makeup. Now, anyone who knows me can testify that I know nothing about makeup, 'cause I never wear it. I think it's pointless and a waste of time, and only wear it when forced (and even then, okaasan usually puts it on me, 'cause I don't know how). Needless to say, this trip reaffirmed my hatred for the stuff. I guess I didn't mess it up too badly, 'cause otousan didn't say anything about it. And knowing him, he'd definitely have said something if I came out looking like a circus clown. (though I sure felt like one =P)
Now, since I had to go through some medical tests, I couldn't eat (since 9:00 the night before) or use the bathroom. Add that to the lack of sleep, and I was understandably not happy. Once I was ready, I took a shuttle, along with a few other people, to the building our testing would be done in. They took us in as groups, so they could manage everyone (there we a lot of us).
First, I had my medical lab work. They had to draw blood...yeah, really fun way to start the day =P Apparently I have small veins, because the nurse couldn't find them in my right arm, and thus had to stick my left. And, of course, they had to use one of those needles that they leave in there for a while while it sucks out the blood...so I spent the time purposefully looking the other way (I'm rather squeamish and don't like the sight of blood) After she finished, I went out with the rest and waited to get some other work done. But as I was standing there, I suddenly started getting light-headed and nauseous. So the nurse sat me in a chair and reclined me so that my feet were in the air. Apparently this causes the blood to rush to your head, and this helps for some reason. I don't know or care why, but it did help.
After we finished with our lab-work, they shuttled us over to a different building to have our polygraph tests done. This was pretty straightforward. They told us what to expect, and then sent us in. There were only two things about it that bothered me; the posture and the equipment. When they had the machine turned on, I had to sit perfectly still (I usually fidget a bit), with my feet flat on the floor (I always cross my legs). Add to that the fact that the equipment made me rather uncomfortable, it was kinda hard to sit still. Well, I should say part of the equipment...The only part that bothered me was the blood pressure-like cuff they attached to my arm. I swear, the thing was so tight and on for so long that my arm turned a pretty gross shade of purple. And since he had several sets of questions to go through, I had to have my circulation cut off and returned at least three or four times. Not fun.
When we'd all finished, they shuttled us back to the first building to have our medical exam. This consisted of hearing and vision tests, and checking our blood pressure. Apparently I can still hear and have pretty much normal eyesight (20/25, I think). Apparently the nurse didn't like the first reading she got of my blood pressure, because she ended up checking it almost five times...now, by this point, if anyone else had approached me with a blood pressure cuff of any kind, I'd have strangled them with it. I like my arms, and hate having the circulation painfully cut off like that. She eventually told me that my blood pressure was high, but said that it could be due to stress (Ya think?!) She told me to have it checked again when I came back the next day.
After our medicals, we had to fill out some paperwork. First, there was a 500+ question thing to fill out. It was for our mental health evaluation. Instead of questions, it gave statements (like "I feel worthless") that we had to say were either true or false concerning us. After that, we had another booklet, though it was much shorter. This one was an essay question-type thing...it would ask a question, and we gave a short essay answer. When we finished that, we could finally leave.
I didn't get back to the hotel until after 4:00. Otousan, who had been stuck sitting around all day, was relieved to see me (he hadn't though it would take so long). I changed into more comfortable clothes and we called okaasan to fill her in on the events of the day. After that, we headed back to the mall for dinner (it was easier to get to than external restaurants). We had dinner at this rainforest-themed place...it was kinda weird, but not bad. The decor was a little nutty, but they had these incredible fish tanks...they were huge, and filled with beautiful salt-water fish. Very nice. The food was average...I discovered the wonders of raspberry iced tea ^__^ When we'd finished, we walked across the street to a Circuit City (now this is more like it!) I browsed the DVDs and computers toys, with otousan mostly doing the same. We ended up buying a copy of the NYPD Blue 1st Season Box Set on DVD. Very nice. By then, I was getting tired, so we called the hotel to ask the shuttle to come get us. The guy said that it'd be at least half an hour until he could. Grr. So we went back into the mall and sat down. We raided the food court and emerged with Blizzards from DQ. ^^ I had a Reese’s' PB cup (my fave), and otousan had an Oreo. After we'd had dessert, we went outside to wait. It was kinda sunny, which meant a lot (we'd heard that the area'd had a whole month of rain, with no sun) Now, we'd called the hotel around 7:00, and didn't get picked up until after 8:00. =P
When we finally got back to the room, I promptly settled into bed. We sat around watching TV until around 10:00, when I fell asleep. It was nice to sleep, even though I didn't sleep terribly well.
I got to sleep in a bit the next morning, which is always nice. After we'd both gotten up, otousan and I headed down to the hotel's restaurant to eat breakfast. That was possibly the best meal I had during the whole trip. After we'd eaten, we went back to the room. We ended up sitting around for quite awhile, eventually having to go downstairs to the lobby while the cleaning staff worked on our room. An hour or two before my next appointment (a psych evaluation), we went back up and I got ready. This time I had to catch a cab to the building, since I was the only one leaving at that time.
When I got there, I went to see another nurse, who said that my blood pressure was still high, but also though it could be due to the stress of travel and all these tests. She told me to have my doctor check it again when I got home and to send them the results. I later talked to okaasan about it, and she said that in the countless times I've had my BP checked before, it's never been high. And I know how tired and out of it I was all through the trip, I'm thinking stress could definitely be a factor. After I finished with the nurse, I talked to a lady who was in charge of doing the psych evaluations. Now, I've never been to a shrink, therapy, or anything like that, but I get the feeling that they're kinda goofy people. She kept dwelling on the stupidest of things. For some reason, my fear of heights was one of them. Though, as I kept telling her, it's not like I'm paralyzed by my fear...Hell, I was afraid of flying (due to the height), but I flew there anyway! Another thing was that she thought I was a hothead...I'm easily irritated and kinda cranky sometimes, but it's not like I'm violent (physically or verbally) about it...When I get mad, I just sit around and fume about it, unless I know the person really well (like my family), then I might snap at them. But that's it.
When I finished, I took a shuttle back to the hotel. And, since we were in the area, otousan suggested that we do some sightseeing. Now, we'd decided to go into D.C. to see some things. Oh, if only it'd been that easy. We took the train into the area, but ended up taking about two or three wrong trains 'cause we were lost. =P By the time we got to where we wanted to go, we quickly found out that it was raining. After purchasing an umbrella, we ended up walking over a mile to get to the Washington Monument. Slightly annoying, but worth it, right? Wrong. They'd sold all their tickets for the day, so we couldn't go up to see it. By this time, we were very cold and wet, plus I had a pounding headache, so we decided to go back to the hotel. We did get some pictures of things from a distance, though ^^;;
We rode the train back to the station we'd gotten on at. In order to leave the station, you have to put your pass through a machine at the turnstiles, so you can get out. Pretty routine, considering we'd did it several times before that day. But, for some reason, mine wouldn't work. Otousan's did, and he bought both of ours at the same time. Luckily, some nice man working there saw my plight and let me through an empty turnstile. ^_^
Outside the station, we caught a cab to take us back to the hotel. Now, the first time we rode in a cab (from the airport to the hotel), the driver was silent. The only time he spoke was to ask where we were going and to tell how much we owed him when we got there. This cab driver, on the other hand, was quite vocal. He spoke in heavily accented English, at least when he spoke to us. As we drove, he would start mumbling (singing?) in something that I could only assume was a foreign language, as he pretended to play the drums on the steering wheel. *L* And every so often, he'd point in one direction or another while talking to himself, as if he wasn't sure where to go...as it was, otousan had to tell him when to turn to get into the hotel's parking lot. ^^;;
We decided to just stay and eat in the hotel's restaurant rather than going out again. I had fettuccini alfredo, with a Caesar salad and otousan had some pork with a Caesar salad. That's one thing he and I have in common with respect to food; we're both Caesar salad fiends. We'll eat it with almost anything. It was good, though. ^^;;
After dinner, we headed back upstairs. I took a shower and then we sat around and watched TV. Having slept slightly better the night before, I wasn't that tired. We lay awake, watching some of Ghostbusters. After a while, though, otousan turned it off in an attempt to make me fall asleep =P Needless to say, that didn't help much.
The next morning was much like the one before it. We had breakfast in the restaurant downstairs, then went back up so I could get ready for my next appointment. This time, I met with a lady who took me to the office. When we got there, she talked about how things are structured and answered my questions. She showed me around the building, then took me back. Since we had already checked out, she offered to drive otousan and myself to the airport. She was very nice, and it turned out that we had some common interests.
We went through much the same procedure at this airport as at the last, and again arrived quite early, ending up with a sizeable amount of time to kill. We ate lunch at a California-style pizza place, but we got good ol' pepperoni pizza. ^^ We called okaasan to tell her where we were, and what had happened. While we waited, we read and had some ice cream (chocolate) ^^ We also made a couple of trips to the gift shop, returning with souvenir t-shirts and coffee mugs for the family.
Luckily, this flight was almost screaming child-free. There was only one, and it was pretty far away from us. The flight was much the same as the first, with the exception of seeming longer, because I was so eager to get home. Actually, we flew right over my hometown on the way! I wanted to just stop there, rather than keep going. ^^;; Of course I knew it was unrealistic, but I wanted it all the same. We got to the airport on schedule. We got our bags, then caught a shuttle to the parking lot where we'd left the car. We put our things in the car and were soon on the freeway, headed home.
We stopped at a nearby Steak 'n Shake for dinner, which was nice ^_^ For a couple of days, I'd been craving junk food of some sort. A big plate of cheese fries was just what I needed, along with my cheeseburger ^_^ After we ate and got back on the road, it didn't take too long to get home.
My brother was sitting on the porch waiting, when we got there. Okaasan and obaasan soon came to greet us, and we ended up sitting around recounting the events of the trip for them. After we'd finished, we sat down and started watching the NYPD Blue set we'd bought. I barely made it through the first episode before I had to go to bed, I was so tired. I went to bed around 11:00. I slept until 1:30 pm the next day. ^^ Told ya I was tired.
*G* Well, I believe that pretty much covers my trip. As I said before, traveling is fine, but I much prefer being home ^^
[x-posted from my old journal]
I got back from my trip yesterday. We left on Tuesday morning, and didn't get back until kinda late last night. I have nothing against travel in general, but this trip was a small sojourn in hell. >.< This is the point where my obsessive need to rant/blog clashes with my common sense of knowing better than to talk too much about the details of the process of applying for this particular job =P So I have to be kinda vague ^^;;
Since we were flying, we had to drive two hours to the nearest airport. That wasn't too bad; otousan drove, and we listened to the radio. He and I have very similar tastes in music (well, English music, anyway ^^), so there was no fighting over the station. We got to the airport pretty early, so by the time we'd checked in, checked our baggage and had our carry-on luggage scanned, we still had almost two hours until our flight left...which meant that we got to sit around for two hours. Now, this wouldn't have been so bad, if not for the human factor. We weren't the only ones who arrived early; as we waited, a bunch of other passengers began to arrive. And for some ungodly reason, many of them had children. I swear, there were at least ten screaming children in that place...and yes, I counted. This one man was sitting around reading the paper, while his two brats ran around the whole area...making as much noise as humanly possible, of course. *Growls* This is a prime example of why I feel that all small children should be leashed and muzzled when in public. So, as you can imagine, that flight was loads of fun.
Now, I've never flown before, and being the height-phobe that I am, I was kinda nervous. Really, though, flying isn't nearly as bad as I'd expected it to be. I sat by the window, and I was able to look outside once we were in the air...seeing clouds that close is just cool ^__^ Our flight was pretty short, so I read my novel (while trying to ignore the screaming children).
When we landed, we had to take a shuttle over to the building where we could pick up our luggage...otousan wasn't sure where to go, so he followed some people that were on our flight (a man and his wife, and their screaming child). Once we had our luggage, we caught a cab to our hotel, which was some distance away.
After we'd kind of settled into the hotel room, we took the hotel's shuttle over to the nearby mall. Now, I may be a small-town girl, but I think I can realistically say that this mall was huge! We roamed around, passing several stores that okaasan would have loved, but not much that otousan or I cared about...honestly, you'd think that a mall big enough to have a Bloomingdale’s, Macy's, and Saks Fifth Avenue would have at least one good electronics or video store! =P We ended up eating dinner in this Italian restaurant in the food court...God, things are overpriced there! The food was okay (I've easily had better), but ridiculously priced.
After we finished, we headed back to the hotel. I took a shower, and we went to bed as early as we could, 'cause I had to get up at 5:30 the next morning >.< Now, we were in a different time zone, so my internal clock was messed up, plus I'd not gotten up that early that morning, so I didn't fall asleep until well after midnight. Meaning, that I got around five hours of sleep. Now, when I'm at home and left alone (on weekends, or during breaks from school), I sleep at least nine or ten hours each day. That's just how I am. So, I was not happy to get up the next morning.
Since okaasan wasn't with us, I had to do my own makeup. Now, anyone who knows me can testify that I know nothing about makeup, 'cause I never wear it. I think it's pointless and a waste of time, and only wear it when forced (and even then, okaasan usually puts it on me, 'cause I don't know how). Needless to say, this trip reaffirmed my hatred for the stuff. I guess I didn't mess it up too badly, 'cause otousan didn't say anything about it. And knowing him, he'd definitely have said something if I came out looking like a circus clown. (though I sure felt like one =P)
Now, since I had to go through some medical tests, I couldn't eat (since 9:00 the night before) or use the bathroom. Add that to the lack of sleep, and I was understandably not happy. Once I was ready, I took a shuttle, along with a few other people, to the building our testing would be done in. They took us in as groups, so they could manage everyone (there we a lot of us).
First, I had my medical lab work. They had to draw blood...yeah, really fun way to start the day =P Apparently I have small veins, because the nurse couldn't find them in my right arm, and thus had to stick my left. And, of course, they had to use one of those needles that they leave in there for a while while it sucks out the blood...so I spent the time purposefully looking the other way (I'm rather squeamish and don't like the sight of blood) After she finished, I went out with the rest and waited to get some other work done. But as I was standing there, I suddenly started getting light-headed and nauseous. So the nurse sat me in a chair and reclined me so that my feet were in the air. Apparently this causes the blood to rush to your head, and this helps for some reason. I don't know or care why, but it did help.
After we finished with our lab-work, they shuttled us over to a different building to have our polygraph tests done. This was pretty straightforward. They told us what to expect, and then sent us in. There were only two things about it that bothered me; the posture and the equipment. When they had the machine turned on, I had to sit perfectly still (I usually fidget a bit), with my feet flat on the floor (I always cross my legs). Add to that the fact that the equipment made me rather uncomfortable, it was kinda hard to sit still. Well, I should say part of the equipment...The only part that bothered me was the blood pressure-like cuff they attached to my arm. I swear, the thing was so tight and on for so long that my arm turned a pretty gross shade of purple. And since he had several sets of questions to go through, I had to have my circulation cut off and returned at least three or four times. Not fun.
When we'd all finished, they shuttled us back to the first building to have our medical exam. This consisted of hearing and vision tests, and checking our blood pressure. Apparently I can still hear and have pretty much normal eyesight (20/25, I think). Apparently the nurse didn't like the first reading she got of my blood pressure, because she ended up checking it almost five times...now, by this point, if anyone else had approached me with a blood pressure cuff of any kind, I'd have strangled them with it. I like my arms, and hate having the circulation painfully cut off like that. She eventually told me that my blood pressure was high, but said that it could be due to stress (Ya think?!) She told me to have it checked again when I came back the next day.
After our medicals, we had to fill out some paperwork. First, there was a 500+ question thing to fill out. It was for our mental health evaluation. Instead of questions, it gave statements (like "I feel worthless") that we had to say were either true or false concerning us. After that, we had another booklet, though it was much shorter. This one was an essay question-type thing...it would ask a question, and we gave a short essay answer. When we finished that, we could finally leave.
I didn't get back to the hotel until after 4:00. Otousan, who had been stuck sitting around all day, was relieved to see me (he hadn't though it would take so long). I changed into more comfortable clothes and we called okaasan to fill her in on the events of the day. After that, we headed back to the mall for dinner (it was easier to get to than external restaurants). We had dinner at this rainforest-themed place...it was kinda weird, but not bad. The decor was a little nutty, but they had these incredible fish tanks...they were huge, and filled with beautiful salt-water fish. Very nice. The food was average...I discovered the wonders of raspberry iced tea ^__^ When we'd finished, we walked across the street to a Circuit City (now this is more like it!) I browsed the DVDs and computers toys, with otousan mostly doing the same. We ended up buying a copy of the NYPD Blue 1st Season Box Set on DVD. Very nice. By then, I was getting tired, so we called the hotel to ask the shuttle to come get us. The guy said that it'd be at least half an hour until he could. Grr. So we went back into the mall and sat down. We raided the food court and emerged with Blizzards from DQ. ^^ I had a Reese’s' PB cup (my fave), and otousan had an Oreo. After we'd had dessert, we went outside to wait. It was kinda sunny, which meant a lot (we'd heard that the area'd had a whole month of rain, with no sun) Now, we'd called the hotel around 7:00, and didn't get picked up until after 8:00. =P
When we finally got back to the room, I promptly settled into bed. We sat around watching TV until around 10:00, when I fell asleep. It was nice to sleep, even though I didn't sleep terribly well.
I got to sleep in a bit the next morning, which is always nice. After we'd both gotten up, otousan and I headed down to the hotel's restaurant to eat breakfast. That was possibly the best meal I had during the whole trip. After we'd eaten, we went back to the room. We ended up sitting around for quite awhile, eventually having to go downstairs to the lobby while the cleaning staff worked on our room. An hour or two before my next appointment (a psych evaluation), we went back up and I got ready. This time I had to catch a cab to the building, since I was the only one leaving at that time.
When I got there, I went to see another nurse, who said that my blood pressure was still high, but also though it could be due to the stress of travel and all these tests. She told me to have my doctor check it again when I got home and to send them the results. I later talked to okaasan about it, and she said that in the countless times I've had my BP checked before, it's never been high. And I know how tired and out of it I was all through the trip, I'm thinking stress could definitely be a factor. After I finished with the nurse, I talked to a lady who was in charge of doing the psych evaluations. Now, I've never been to a shrink, therapy, or anything like that, but I get the feeling that they're kinda goofy people. She kept dwelling on the stupidest of things. For some reason, my fear of heights was one of them. Though, as I kept telling her, it's not like I'm paralyzed by my fear...Hell, I was afraid of flying (due to the height), but I flew there anyway! Another thing was that she thought I was a hothead...I'm easily irritated and kinda cranky sometimes, but it's not like I'm violent (physically or verbally) about it...When I get mad, I just sit around and fume about it, unless I know the person really well (like my family), then I might snap at them. But that's it.
When I finished, I took a shuttle back to the hotel. And, since we were in the area, otousan suggested that we do some sightseeing. Now, we'd decided to go into D.C. to see some things. Oh, if only it'd been that easy. We took the train into the area, but ended up taking about two or three wrong trains 'cause we were lost. =P By the time we got to where we wanted to go, we quickly found out that it was raining. After purchasing an umbrella, we ended up walking over a mile to get to the Washington Monument. Slightly annoying, but worth it, right? Wrong. They'd sold all their tickets for the day, so we couldn't go up to see it. By this time, we were very cold and wet, plus I had a pounding headache, so we decided to go back to the hotel. We did get some pictures of things from a distance, though ^^;;
We rode the train back to the station we'd gotten on at. In order to leave the station, you have to put your pass through a machine at the turnstiles, so you can get out. Pretty routine, considering we'd did it several times before that day. But, for some reason, mine wouldn't work. Otousan's did, and he bought both of ours at the same time. Luckily, some nice man working there saw my plight and let me through an empty turnstile. ^_^
Outside the station, we caught a cab to take us back to the hotel. Now, the first time we rode in a cab (from the airport to the hotel), the driver was silent. The only time he spoke was to ask where we were going and to tell how much we owed him when we got there. This cab driver, on the other hand, was quite vocal. He spoke in heavily accented English, at least when he spoke to us. As we drove, he would start mumbling (singing?) in something that I could only assume was a foreign language, as he pretended to play the drums on the steering wheel. *L* And every so often, he'd point in one direction or another while talking to himself, as if he wasn't sure where to go...as it was, otousan had to tell him when to turn to get into the hotel's parking lot. ^^;;
We decided to just stay and eat in the hotel's restaurant rather than going out again. I had fettuccini alfredo, with a Caesar salad and otousan had some pork with a Caesar salad. That's one thing he and I have in common with respect to food; we're both Caesar salad fiends. We'll eat it with almost anything. It was good, though. ^^;;
After dinner, we headed back upstairs. I took a shower and then we sat around and watched TV. Having slept slightly better the night before, I wasn't that tired. We lay awake, watching some of Ghostbusters. After a while, though, otousan turned it off in an attempt to make me fall asleep =P Needless to say, that didn't help much.
The next morning was much like the one before it. We had breakfast in the restaurant downstairs, then went back up so I could get ready for my next appointment. This time, I met with a lady who took me to the office. When we got there, she talked about how things are structured and answered my questions. She showed me around the building, then took me back. Since we had already checked out, she offered to drive otousan and myself to the airport. She was very nice, and it turned out that we had some common interests.
We went through much the same procedure at this airport as at the last, and again arrived quite early, ending up with a sizeable amount of time to kill. We ate lunch at a California-style pizza place, but we got good ol' pepperoni pizza. ^^ We called okaasan to tell her where we were, and what had happened. While we waited, we read and had some ice cream (chocolate) ^^ We also made a couple of trips to the gift shop, returning with souvenir t-shirts and coffee mugs for the family.
Luckily, this flight was almost screaming child-free. There was only one, and it was pretty far away from us. The flight was much the same as the first, with the exception of seeming longer, because I was so eager to get home. Actually, we flew right over my hometown on the way! I wanted to just stop there, rather than keep going. ^^;; Of course I knew it was unrealistic, but I wanted it all the same. We got to the airport on schedule. We got our bags, then caught a shuttle to the parking lot where we'd left the car. We put our things in the car and were soon on the freeway, headed home.
We stopped at a nearby Steak 'n Shake for dinner, which was nice ^_^ For a couple of days, I'd been craving junk food of some sort. A big plate of cheese fries was just what I needed, along with my cheeseburger ^_^ After we ate and got back on the road, it didn't take too long to get home.
My brother was sitting on the porch waiting, when we got there. Okaasan and obaasan soon came to greet us, and we ended up sitting around recounting the events of the trip for them. After we'd finished, we sat down and started watching the NYPD Blue set we'd bought. I barely made it through the first episode before I had to go to bed, I was so tired. I went to bed around 11:00. I slept until 1:30 pm the next day. ^^ Told ya I was tired.
*G* Well, I believe that pretty much covers my trip. As I said before, traveling is fine, but I much prefer being home ^^
[x-posted from my old journal]