Prepare For Take Off

Every year for the past 20 years or so, my family has taken a vacation to Maine. Yes MAINE! As most of you know, I take absolute pride in this trip. It is so hard to explain why our family loves it so much but we just do. Everyone has their vacation spot. Whether it be Orlando, Hawaii, Colorado or Mexico, that place holds a spot dear to them in their heart. Ours just happens to be 2,012 miles away!

Mount Desert Island....also know as an absolute paradise! I am finally here! It is 12 am here and I finally get to crawl into bed! I started this journey mannnyyyyy hours ago, and NOTHING seemed to go as planned. Let me explain...

Sunday was Father's Day and due to my awesome job, I had to work. I've worked Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's day, and many more holidays for the past 4 years it feels like. This year was NO different. After work, I went home to start some laundry..easy right?! It's easy when you only have a few clothes, but I am a female, an indecisive one at that, and I have enough clothes spread out across Tyler, Tx to clothe a small army. So laundry, packing, sorting is like a second job! Anyways, I started the laundry and headed to my parents house to see everyone before I left, especially my dad, seeing as the day was dedicated to him! I get to the house and before I know it, it's 10pm! Ive got to pack, clean, sort, all of that and try to get some sleep before getting up at 4:30. Well let me make a long story short, that DID NOT HAPPEN! I may have dozed off for a total of 45 min that entire night. Can you say, exhausted?!

I get everything packed, I've actually managed to get pants on and I'm out the door. Double checking everything as I walk out, I say aloud, MAINE, HERE I COMEEE! It can't get here fast enough! My flight was scheduled to leave at 6:05....well, let me back up real fast. There was discussion over the week of who was taking me to the airport, picking up my truck, and nothing was resolved. Dad finally offered to take me. Before I left the house Sunday night he said to be there by 4:30 (which meant I had to leave my house at 4am!). As I am about to leave, he says "Just park the truck in long term parking and mom and I will come get it for you." SOOOOOO now I'm back to square one! 

I am flying out of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, on a Monday morning at 6am! Surely I do not need to be there 2 hours early, or even an hour early. Tickets take like 5 min, Security takes at the most 10 (that's with taking shoes off and on), so I convince myself I don't have to rush! I show up about 30 min before my flight leaves, and its gone. Doors are shut, plane is leaving, its gone. I missed my flight. YAY! 

Let me just be the first to say, security guards at the Tyler airport are not my biggest fan. I could care less about your donuts, I NEED TO GET ON THAT PLANEEEE! "Sorry ma'am, its gone. You will need to speak to someone at the ticket counter." Great! There is just one small problem....THERE IS NO ONE AT THE TICKET COUNTER......so I call my dad. And of course, he thinks I'm playing and doesn't take me seriously for a minute, then I guess it clicked, THE PLANE HAS LEFT THE RUNWAY! At this point it has been a few minutes, and let me tell you the kicker...ready?! I was NOT the only one left to get on the plane. Other people were waiting as well, and well, Mr. Sasquatch over there was not happy. Security finally put his donut down and called a cop over there because Mr. Sasquatch was getting a little loud. Im sorry, but if I was not intimidated by cops, I probably would have been right behind him! 

So I call mom, and we finally get new tickets. My new flight doesn't leave till 11am. GREATTTT! That means I wont be in Portland, ME till 7pm. At least I am there though, right? So, I head to mom's house to catch some sleep seeing as I am running off of 45 min of sleep and NO food. I'm driving to her house, I'm crying due to becoming delirious, and as I am thinking about everything, I get PULLED OVER. yes. yes. yes. yes. Thank you MONDAY MORNING! It was just a warning, but still, I think the fact that I was bawling my eyes out before he pulled me over, and as he came to the window I was still sobbing, helped...a little. So I get the warning and head to auto zone to get a replacement bulb for the tail light that is out....and they are closed....At this point I just want to scream. 

I get to mom's, pass out, get woken up by a dog that looks exactly like a gigantic squirrel (she got shaved haha), and two pretty cute sisters.  We load up, head to the airport and I am  FINALLY ON MY WAY TO MAINE! 

First flight went fine...not much can happen in a 30 min flight to dallas.  I sat by a very sweet Pine Cove counselor named Befriend Me or Bees.

Second flight was alright as well...neck was beginning to hurt due to horrible sleeping arrangements. I sat next to a very cute 4 month old little boy. Cute as a button

Third flight...lets just say I got to the gate for my last flight with 3 min to spare......hahaha..no. I sat next to an older gentlemen who lets just say, was so stinking cute!

Finally got to the baggage claim and in the car, pack to the gills, 8 people later and I was on my way to the house! It was a stressful day to say the least but here I am! Day one is over and it was amazing! I cant wait till next year (and my week has JUST begun!)