We got up early on Friday, June 4th to get things rounded up. I tried to double check the luggage/packing as Robert did some outside work. Then Rainey and I ran to Brookshire's while Robert came inside to get ready. Of course no departure is complete unless you have several last minute errands - with a quick trip to Target/Wal-mart, of course. We finally headed to Wylie about 1:30 p.m. We arrived at Britni's in time to help her with some last minute preparations for a party she was hosting for some of her teacher friends. About 3:30 p.m. we headed to the airport. Kylie (and Rainey) went with us as Kylie was taking our car back so it wouldn't be left at the airport all week. We unloaded the Tahoe, said our goodbyes and headed to check in. We got in line and while we were waiting we noticed 3 different people go to a little computerized kiosk for baggage check and then checked in their luggage. We had already printed our boarding passes so after the the 3rd person used the self-check in then Robert decided to check it out. He got our luggage checked in and stepped to the side and called me over. As I was walking toward him, a lady said something like "are you special that you get to go ahead?" Now at this point we made no advancement toward the counter - just stepped out of line to the side. I honestly thought she was teasing. She didn't appear to be mad. Then I jokingly said, "I guess I am." Well . . .she then let me have it. She started saying stuff like "no line jumping" and "if we have to stand in line, everybody has to stand in line." Robert told her to go to the kiosk. She continued to rant and even used the BS word. We honestly did not think we were doing something wrong since 3 other people had gotten out of line and used the self-check in and nobody said a word to them. It made me sick at my stomach and I was just shaking after she cussed at us and called us line jumpers. :( Not a good start to this trip. I was just hoping that wasn't an omen for the remainder of the cruise. Yes - they were indeed on the same flight as ours!! Yikes!!
Our plane - Alaska Air
We eventually boarded the plane headed for Seattle. It was about a 4 hour flight and we landed safely in Seattle and caught the shuttle to our hotel. We got to bed about 10:30 p.m. (12:30 a.m. Texas time). So excited and ready to board the ship!!
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