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Flying Home

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After my quick cappuccino at the hotel I scheduled a Lyft to take me to EWR. I knew I’d arrive (too?) early, but there wasn’t enough time for a walk and staying at the hotel seemed boring.

The driver arrived a minute after I scheduled the “longer wait” right. Heh. I’ve learned that one rarely needs to get the immediate car that costs more. As we were dealing with a ton of traffic in Manhattan he asked how soon my flight was and I assured him I had plenty of time. But then, even further out, we hit nearly standstill traffic. Turned out there was an accident that was impeding …

<Wait! Side note: the person behind me just closed MY window blind in the plane. Hello?! The same person who put his — or hers, I haven’t checked — blanket plastic wrapper on my arm rest. Heh. Boundaries be gone!)

… our progress. But we got past that and, for the most part, did okay from then on. We did pass another accident with two cars on their sides and another damaged one as well. Eek!

Security was a breeze. Barely a line and very very quick. I then walked over to find my gate, before heading to the United Club lounge. (I like to know how far it is from the lounge.)

I really didn’t end up having a ton of time in the lounge. Or maybe I did and it went quickly because I was playing all my games. Hm. (HUGE fail with “Connections” today, though.)

I stood in the line for Boarding Group 2 until, as I expected, we were told the plane was full and if anyone was willing to check their carryon bag they could do so. Knowing the bin above me would be full by the time Group 2 (really Group 6) boarded I went for it. Too bad they don’t reward us with a meal or something. Oh well.

And now I’m on the plane. I’ll be curious to see if I can post this! (Yes, I paid the $8 to have a connection on the plane.)

Here I Go!

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I like to get to airports plenty early, so now I sit and relax. It’s only 5:21, and I’ve already had some breakfast: this is normally something I don’t have until after my walk, so my body will probably say, “WHAT are you doing?!” But hey, I’m in the United Club lounge and what could I do but grab some eggs and a cappuccino, right?

It’s very quiet here. A 7:00 AM flight is great if you want a less busy airport. In addition, it appears we don’t have a full plane, although business class and the extra legroom seats (the latter of which I chose to pay for) are full. In economy nearly every middle seat is empty at this point (I was just looking at the seating chart — something I do for every trip. I can get obsessive about checking, in fact.) and part of me wonders if I should have just stuck to economy for this, but too late now. Once you pay to move up, you can’t ask for a refund and move down!

I will probably head to the gate on the early side, so I’m not in a huge line for boarding group 2. I am hoping my luggage can be right above me, and frequently people grab the bins that are closer to the front. I’m in the second row of extra legroom seats. Sadly the middle seat, but it’s all that was left, aside from the front, emergency exit row. I’m no longer allowed to sit there according to the rules, due to my deaf ear. Ah well!

So anyway … “see” you in New York! (Well, New Jersey first, but I doubt I’ll take any photos there.)

Leaving on a Jet Plane

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My bags are packed and yes, I’m ready to go. But I also know when I’ll be back, God willing.

And yes, I’m flying United. No, I’m not worried.

I will be attempting to put up images with my daily posts, as long as I can manage to reduce their size. This is my first attempt at doing so. We’ll see how it works!

Update: yes, it looks like the photo works, but it’s not working the way I prefer (although with this image it doesn’t matter). I like it when you can click on an image and it is then shown on its own and is enlarged. I’ve no clue how to set that up on my iPad … but maybe I’ll learn.

Maybe I won’t. 🤣