Part I
Its now about 11 pm on Monday we are both dressed in Playa clothes, We have a 6:45 am departure time from BWI so that means we will be leaving the house at around 3:15 am…. not to bad I like getting in early and having a full day ahead of us…a few days ago Monica and I both came down with sinus colds and neither of us were breathing out of our noses so we loaded up on meds and Monica went to rest on the couch ……but I can’t sleep so time to load the bags in the truck. We packed light and would be just checking one bag, I weighed it on the bathroom scale 51 lbs……we are allowed 50 lbs so I removed some shoes that I really didn’t think Monica would need I mean four different flip flops in assorted colors plus some dressy black slip ons well a sacrifice needed to be made so the green flip flops would be staying home
…..oh and I moved my 3 inch think “History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson to my carryon,
reweighed and we are now in at 48 lbs perfect. I played on the computer till like 1:30 while Monica napped…..then I decided to just lay on the other couch and watch some TV to kill some time but by no means was I going to sleep……well about 30 seconds after I was horizontal I was joining Monica with some ZZZZZZZZZZZZ……We were both sleeping light and up and moving right on time and on the road by 3:10 am and headed to the airport parking ……we were the only ones on the shuttle bus from the lot to the terminal….and our driver was an escaped mental patient who was going on and on very loudly about how much he hated his kids and his son was due to get out of Jail this week the whole time looking back at us with eyes fill with anger……he scared the hell out of us both…..when we got to the terminal Monica and I grabbed our bags and ran for the doors…….we got in line saw our friend John who works for USA 3000 he is a cute little old man who tells the same joke every flight we were surprised that he remember us …..but when he said “thanks for coming back I need this Job” we both laughed he says that every trip………Monica had done the prebooking for our seat so we would be up front……..so we went through TSA and Monica had the SSSS on her boarding pass and got strip searched
….flight was on time and we recognized the flight staff lots of kids and older folk on this flight……the in-flight movie was I Robot I watched it while Monica slept…..it was okay at best……we were both disappointed that USA3000 now charges $5.00 for food…….smooth landing and we were in the new terminal for the first time it was nice……smooth sailing through customs…..now through the land sharks…….Monica helped an older couple who almost got trapped ……out the door and into the warm sun…..saw the sign with our name misspelled and met another couple with two daughters who were sharing our transfer……..they told us it was their first time in Playa……..we gave them some advice……and soon we were at the Blue and heard our friend Germo say hello Mr and Mrs Cullison welcome back