July 17, 2015

I slept like heaven in that glorious bed-it was like sleeping on a marshmallow. The alarm went off and I knew it couldn't be ignored-when can it?  Mags was up right away also, turning on the light.  I knew they were anxious to get home. We dressed and just as I got off the phone with the front desk, asking about the shuttle and an early to-go breakfast , I received a text from Delta letting me know the flight was delayed 45 minutes then another that our connecting flight had been rebooked.

We headed down to the breakfast room and treated ourselves to fresh pineapple one last time.  Then off in the shuttle bus and into a brief clusterfuck (as I heard it referred to and I must agree) of cars. We arrived at San Jose Airport. There was an exit tax to pay before we could even get in line to security to enter the airport and all sorts of other little issues, but nothing like in the US..  There was a man strumming guitar and selling his CDs in the airport  I wish I had the money to buy one, but I had systematically rid myself of all my remaining colones, even buying Ethan and Maggie a memorial gift in the airport for our grand adventure.

Eventually it was time to board, at which point their TSA began.  My  steel MH bottle of water?  I had to quickly drink it.  Maggie's 3.3 ounce (but more than halfway empty) of body spray?  We talked them out of confiscating it.  Much easier than the US TSA.

The flight was long-ish, but not bad.  I watched Will Ferrell in " Get Hard" and my laughter embarrassed the kids.  Finally in L.A., our next plan was a bit delayed, but it was worth it-the kids and I were upgraded to first class.  Soon, we landed and after having to locate our luggage, which had made the first flight, we found Carolene and headed home.

The drive was sooo long.  So many traffic accidents, that I drove around in SF for a bit, then we exited in Pinole and had dinner.  After another 5 hours since our arrival at SFO, we made it home.  I immediately started unpacking, but my dizziness was still holding me up, so I took it easy and went to bed.  What a glorious adventure I had with my kids.  I learned a lot about traveling to exotic locations, a lot about the reasons behind "high" and "low" seasons for tourists and how much I love hanging out with my kids.

Pictures:  The kids were excited about going home; Saying goodbye to the airport sloth; A sunset over San Francisco Ethan caught from our restaurant table; Movie - I watched my Dave on Sonic Highways (I still haven't seen it).  His last words here are "Wow, that's fucked up!" I heart him.