Travel Short

And so here I sit, once again on a plane.  This time I'm in the 'cheap seats' and boy does frontier pack them in!  This is the airline that charges for every drink, wondering if the cup of ice is still free.  (yes, just found out it is)

I wonder if others have the same ambiguous feelings when leaving home.  I know it would be hard to believe knowing how much I travel. But truly I just want to hang out at home almost as much as I like to leave.  Each time I convince myself that I need a balance in life.  And I do love traveling!  But I also love the security of home, peeling paint, doggie parkish backyard and all.  Not to mention my wonderful 4 legged companions who keep me company there.  But that mysterious pull to venture from home is strong, and wins out most of the time. 

This trip is a bit different.  I have two cousins who are actors.  They are from the different sides of my family.  Perhaps I have a bit of drama in my blood?  That would explain a lot! They happen to be in plays in the same town just a couple of miles apart.  How could I not head there to see them both?  At this point I'm hoping I stay awake for the whole day.  Arrived at the airport at 6 AM and got to go through the precheck line.  I always go through it with united but I'm on Frontier so I was chosen to randomly go through today.  It's nice, nothing has to come out of the bag and your shoes stay on...but that is what led to the explosives check on my last flight.  This time they swabbed my hands, thank goodness, this time no explosives detected!  

My day will be long and busy.  When I arrive I have less than two hours to pick up my rental car and head for destinations unknown.  Well I know where I'm headed, but in a new city, I'm quite concerned about driving.  And it's far on lots of highways.  Then I will have to change and head to the first play.  I'll have an hour between plays and then will be at the second play of the day.  Two matinees!  After that I'm looking forward to going to dinner with my uncle, my daddy's brother, and his family.  Then dessert with the other side of the family, but I'm thinking I will pass on that even though it will be the only chance to see one of my cousins.  

Tomorrow I've planned a big day too.  I'll have breakfast with my cousins and then head off on my own to the arboretum to see the amazing pumpkin display, houses and gardens built with thousands of pumpkins and gourds.  Looks lovely and the man I talked to there said there are many flowers in bloom, so my good camera is packed and ready.  After the tour of the gardens I'm going to sample chili cheese fries, and a burger, that I saw on one of the food network shows.  I think it was diners, drive ins and dives?  Then back with the rental car, a night at an airport area hotel, and I'll be on a 6:30 AM flight home the next morning.  Short, but action packed!  Just the way I like my short excursions to be!