Run, Run, Run

Well today was quite the day. I know I said in my last post that I would post from the airport, however, I am writing this from the airplane instead and it will be posted a day later. I have no idea why but I did not sleep very well last night. So this morning, I woke up really tired, maybe a little nervous and very excited. I got the rest of my stuff ready to go and then laid down for a nice 30 minute nap before we headed off to the airport.

I was so stirred up that my stomach was awfully upset and my head was pounding the entire way to Denver. I knew I was either going to cry, throw up, or both. Of course, both happened. By the time we got to the airport, I was ready to go and my stomach was empty and ready to fly to Argentina.

As dad and I are standing in the check-in line for my flight to Houston, I asked the girl behind me where she was flying to. Luckily, she was also flying to Buenos Aires and participating in the same program that I am! We then made the journey to our gate and waited for about 45 minutes before we boarded our flight.

The flight to Houston was scheduled to arrive in Houston at 8:22 pm with our Buenos Aires flight leaving at 9:00 pm. This seemed very doable. Then our flight took forever getting off the ground and the pilot told us we won’t be arriving in Houston until 8:35 pm. We finally walked into the airport at 8:45 and ran the entire way from C gates to E gates. We get to the gate, the guy is yelling at us and 4 others to get on the plane. He threw our boarding passes at me and we walked onto the plane at 8:57 pm. As I am trying to send my final text, the gate is pulling away and the flight attendant is yelling at me to shut off my phone!

Now I am sweaty, stinky, and ready for a shower!!! Only 9 more hours of flight time and then it’s a day full of adventure! BTW I made it...I will post later.