Monday, Monday, Monday! Rainy chilly days and Mondays. Oh Monday brings me to the last day of my vacation here in Michigan. It is always great to get away to see friends. Labor Day brings the last day of summer for some people. It is good to think that summer really does not end until near the end of September and then fall begins. I love fall too.
The time of 8:00 a.m. finds me up and about having coffee. That is unusual - NOT!
Frisbee playing with Sunny to give her exercise. My exercise? Left hand up, drink coffee, left hand down. Fingers clicking on the keys to make words on the screen. Time is ticking down for the time to leave for my flight back to Maine.
Sunny joined Hugh for a trip out to the garden for fresh veggies for the omelet - green peppers, yellow peppers and tomatoes! Kelly made the omelet with theses veggies as well as onion and cheese. Ok, I am going to say it is the best omelet ever especially because it was made with love. She also cooked bacon in the oven. I have never had bacon cooked this way and found that it comes out very crispy. Yummy!
Around 11:30 a.m., hugs are given to Hugh then Kelly and I are headed to the Flint airport so that I can wait for my departure. Many hugs were given before I headed off to check-in myself and my luggage. I head to security hoping for an uneventful passage through to the waiting area. As you know, everyone has to take off any jewelry and shoes as well as take out any bottled products and electronics. This does take time but I am in no hurry.
The waiting game begins for my 1:15 p.m flight to Detroit. The gate area at the airport has been renovated so it looks and feels nicer. There is a bigger bar area on my side as well as a couple of places to purchase other goodies. I am not hungry so I sit and people watch. The flights takes off in 45 minutes so I make myself comfortable and wait for my next adventure to Detroit.
There were two delays to get to Detroit. The first delay was that the airplane had too much fuel for the number of passengers so we had to back out onto the tarmac and let some fuel leave the airplane so that we would all be safe. I had no problem with that at all. Let out all the fuel you want so that we can be safe. That is a great bottom line. The second delay was that Air Force One was getting ready to depart Detroit so that our airplane could not take off from Flint. I would rather sit on the tarmac than circle around Detroit. What made this flight interesting? My seat mate was the Congressman from Michigan, Congressman Dale Kildee. He is friends with our Congressman Mike Michaud. We had a great conversation while waiting for the flight to depart. We waited until close to 3:00 p.m. for our 16 minute flight to Detroit! I am glad that my connecting flight was not until 4:00 p.m. and was delayed for an hour. All worked out well for me.
After a short wait, we were on the tarmac and in the air for Portland. I was so tired from traveling and am always glad to get home. My seat mate was a woman from Poland. She had a Nook as she reads several books at a time. I thought I had a short attention span.
After getting my luggage, I found my car in the parking garage with no problem at all. I had actually remembered to write down the location. In my car and ready to go home! The one thing shocking about getting home is the fee you pay for parking in the garage. I never think of how much it will cost me when I get home. One of these days I will figure in the cost into making a trip. Well, then again, maybe not. It doesn't matter. If you want to get away, you want to get away!
Around 8:00 p.m., I drove in the driveway. My neighor is so sweet that you came over earlier and turned on my outside light to greet me home. Yay!
I hope everyone had a great long weekend! I hope to see you out and about.
Peace out!
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