Monday, December 25, 2006

One wedding and a ridiculous airport experience


A variety of news is in order. I have been married four days now and I love married life. It's nice to know that you can be with your best friend forever and ever and that you can spend all of your time with them. It's nice to know that they love you no matter what and that they want you to be the best you can possibly be. They see your potential, they lift you when you're down and they make you realize how much you love them everyday. That's what my husband Ryan does for me. He makes me laugh every day and he knows just how to cheer me up. He serves me and looks out for my needs just as I try to do his.

We love our new place and it's great waking up next to each other. It's just a small adjustment to have a little less blankets and to realize how much space you actually have. It's just fun doing things together.

The wedding was great. It had its hitches but me not being really picky, didn't actually care and knew that things would work out. It didn't really matter for a lot of the small details and everything worked out fine. Every one had a great time, I got to eat some of the cream puffs I specifically ordered and I got to see old friends and have a great time with my family. I had a blast.


Now flying was a different story. We flew on Delta on the way there with Una Tontaria and her husband which was fine. On the way back however, we flew United with just Ryan and myself. We were planning on flying back to Utah on Saturday the 23rd, however the flight was extremely booked so for some reason I got a ticket and a seat, but Ryan was going to be stranded at the airport. It was strange because we bought our tickets at the same time on the same credit card and so we're family too. However, since the flight had about a 150 people on stand-by they felt it appropriate to split up a family and kind of force me to stay with Ryan. It was okay though, the airline gave us $200 each or our choice of a roundtrip ticket anywhere in the US. We went for the $400 and we also got a comped hotel at the airport, which was the Hilton. It was really nice. However, we neglected to procure a meal voucher so we weren't about to pay for room service or to pay $13 for our choice of fruit with juice and coffee. No thank you.

Ryan's favorite part of that experience was that we only had our carry-ons which obviously contained no liquids as the nation is on orange alert. So, we had to go to an airport store to buy a $5 toothbrush, $6 deodorant, $1.50 small tube of toothpaste, two $1.50 Advil packets for my headache, $10 5 oz. container of contact solution, and two contact cases for $5. This totalled to about $35 which we did not appreciate. And then there was an extra day for parking at Salt Lake City since we drove. So, we ended up with $30 spent on parking, $35 on toiletries, making it about $335 we got from the airline. Jerks. We also got chosen, randomly I'm assuming, to be searched more thoroughly. Frisked is the word Ryan used, or padded down. They kind of dug through our bag and made sure we weren't dangerous or whatever. It was much appreciated. Not. Anyway, that was our adventure at the airport.

We are looking forward to a week of relaxation and spending time together sleeping in and spending some of our wedding money on stuff we need and such. It's good to be back and I've been at work picking up and organizing the apartment. Merry Christmas to everyone! Thanks for all that you do, I appreciate it.

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