Day 1: The Adventure Begins

Our trip has finally arrived. I actually managed to get a good night of sleep, very rare for me before a trip. We all got up around 6:30 this morning and headed to the airport around 8:00 after taking care of all the last minute details.

We dropped the car off at our usual airport parking place, and we were at the Delta check-in desk in no time. Here is where things got interesting. Before scanning our passports, we had checked to see of there were any better seats available. There were no other seats available, but we were all still sitting together in row 29. The machine indicated that it was having an error checking us in. When the agent pulled up our info, Dad was in row 32, Mom was in row 27, and I no longer had a seat. Slight problem. No one really seemed to know what had happened in those five minutes. Fortunately the agent took good care of us and gave us 3 exit row seats, one in row 26 and two in row 27. If my seat disappearing means I get more leg room, I have no problem with that.

With all of the check-in craziness behind us, we headed for security and were through in no time. After a quick monorail ride, we headed up to the Delta Sky Club to grab some drinks and relax. With how busy the airport was today, it was great being able to enjoy the peace and quiet and especially the comfy seats.

Our flight started boarding around 11:00. We ran into some more craziness here. About 5 minutes after we were seated on the plane, the flight attendants came on and asked the following people to push the flight attendant call button of they were on the plane:
Michael Dion
Joan Schmiedicke
At this point we were even more confused. Why were they asking, and why didn't they call Dad too. Fortunately they didn't throw us off the plane, but it was all really wierd. Our flight to Atlanta was only an hour, but we arrived 30 minutes early. Even the pilot sounded surprised about that one.

Since we had almost five hours to kill, we headed to our usual bar and grill on the second floor of the A concourse. We had a great talk with some army reservers who had just come home from Iraq. After lunch we headed to the international concourse and the Delta Sky Club to wait forour flight.

That's all for now. The next post will be coming from Europe. Have a great Monday everyone!

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Location:Atlanta, GA