After a great time at Pearl Harbor, John and I made it back to out hotel, picked up our bags and headed for the airport. Our flight didn't leave until 7:30pm, but we didn't have anywhere to put our bags, so we were at the airport at 2pm. The time went quickly though. We got lunch once we got there then over to Cold Stone for some ice cream, and then hung out at our gate until it was time to leave.
United Airlines made for another exciting trip for us/me. We ended up being delayed due to mechanical issues and didn't actually leave until 10pm, which meant we missed our connection flight in Newark to Ottawa. However, they did provide us with a coupon for a free alcoholic beverage and 10% off our next flight with them. Can I just say that this is the most ridiculous coupon I've ever received from an airline? What airline provides a coupon for a free alcoholic beverage when at least 50% of the flight don't or can't drink? I realize it ends up saving them money instead of having to provide everyone with a free meal, but still, this is just show their crappy customer service!
Anyway, the flight to Newark was uneventful. Mostly just slept and tried to watch Madagascar 3, I fell asleep 3 times while trying to watch it, the 3rd time I saw most of it though, very funny. We got put on a new flight later on in the afternoon on Sunday. And made it to Ottawa by 5pm. I have never been so happy to be home before! Safe to say, we are now more than willing to spend the money to go with anyone other than United when we fly next!
Once we got home, we went grocery shopping, had dinner, watched Battleship (since we went on the USS Missouri the day before, we both wanted to watch the movie again to see what we could recognize) and went to bed.
Thanksgiving Monday was spent doing laundry, fall chores around the house and preparing dishes to take to a Thanksgiving meal at a friend's house. While it was a different Thanksgiving for us, it was nice to get together with our group of friends and share in a meal together. We don't get to do it very often, but I hope it will be able to happen more in the future.
Now we are back into our regular work week and John's off to a board meeting at the church. I feel like we are back into our busy schedule and the relaxation of Hawaii is behind us. I'm hoping for more trips like this in the future (maybe with less flight hassles and me not getting hurt at all). I'm out now to catch up on some tv shows and try to remain awake until bed time, as jetlag has not been my friend today. Thanks for reading!
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