Actual Typing!

OK, so here's the trip so far!

First, I get up crazy early (8am...why do people get up then!!!??) so that I can get a bit of shopping that I quickly needed done. So, I run with my car, and then return the rental car. So, I get that returned by 9:30, so then go home to get packed and get ready to go. I manage to pack everything in one suitcase!! Yay!! New Air Canada luggage! Yay! (Thanks Mom and Dad!).

Get to the airport at about 11:30, flight boards at 12:40. So, get all checked in - it's a lot easier with WestJet than Northwest was. Then I grab some food. Showed up early, so that I could get food. Then go through security, which is just pathetic in Saskatoon.

So, I'm waiting for my flight, watching the news about the assassination of Bhutto. Our flight is delayed 7 minutes. Then 17 minutes...then 30 minutes. We end up leaving about 2ish, instead of at 1. So, I got to spend some extra time in the Saskatoon airport. So, we take off, head to Winnipeg. We land in Winnipeg, and have a short break there to get more passengers and stuff. So, I just stay on the plane. They sprayed some weird stuff on the wings because there was ice they wanted to get rid of.

Then we head off to Pearson airport. We fly over a bunch of random weird water (picture in previous post...you saw it, you know you did). Then we head over Lake Superior and the other one...I don't know which one, the pilot didn't name it and I don't know my Great Lakes geography very well. Anyway, we head just diagonally over them. It's a bit disconcerting to fly over water.

So, get to Pearson. It's big, but not really any more than Minneapolis was, so I'm not too freaked out. Wait for my luggage while texting people to let them know I'm alive. Someone TAKES my luggage, and I see him, and I'm eyeing him from across the luggage carousel. Fortunately a few minutes later, the girl with him comes up and lets him know that he has the wrong one...which was obvious because even I could see from across the luggage thing that it was clearly MY business card on it. Sheesh people!! Read the luggage tags!! That's what they're there for.

Head on out, find Kaitlyn and Mike. Fortunately am able to recognize them on sight :P Mike is much taller than I expected. So, we head to Mike's vehicle and make a ridiculously long drive back to his place.

His place is really nice. So are his parents. :) So, all is well. We stay up drinking and pillaging until I'm basically passed out. Then I wake myself enough to exchange presents. I've got both a birthday present (only a BIT late) and Christmas presents. I got an ENTIRE box of candy necklaces. Seriously, an entire box. Shoebox. My teeth are going to hate me. She also got me, "Create a Commie." Where I can move the hair around on a face to make my favourite communist! Also, got some mittens and some bath thingies from Lush. Super nice!! Yay!!

Then I went to sleep, and now here I am!