Hi Darlin’,
Sorry to say it wasn’t the best night sleep, as per usual whenever I set my alarm to get up early! Lola was restless, and that didn’t help, but I guess I got enough, because I got up right away and got busy. It wasn’t long before Joyce came by and I showed her all the feeding and toy stuff she needed to know about Lola, and we fed the horses breakfast, though I’m not sure with all the grazing they’re doing that they really need it. Finished packing and before long, Joyce was driving me to the airport, a nice perk that saves me the whole hassle of parking and walking back and forth to the terminal! My flight was on time, and the first leg to DFW wasn’t, I had a drink and took a couple of bags of snacks to keep the edge off. Had less than an hour layover at DFW, which worked out just fine, but the flight to Vegas wasn’t very pleasant. I was in the back row, and evidently on this flight (though I’ve seen it the opposite way on other flights), the flight attendance started serving from the front. Well, first, she didn’t even offer drinks, just started serving food. She’d walk over with two trays, ask the passengers which they wanted, then just dropped them off. When she got to my row and asked the guy sitting next to me (whatever happened to ladies first?), what he wanted, he took the turkey sandwich. I started to way that’s what I wanted too, but she just pushed the other tray at me, clearly indicating I had no choice. It turned out to be a really horrible vegan things, with a big bunch of some kind of little beans (maybe lentils?), mixed with a little bit of apple pie filling. The rest was mostly bitter fruit, and bag of tasteless whole grain puffed chips with a little plain hummus, and some kind of “healthy” brownie dessert. I tried to call her back to see if I could get the turkey sandwich, but she completely ignored the call button light, and went on to start taking drink orders. Seriously, she stopped at every single passenger before reaching me and my lit call button. When I asked her about getting something else, she brusquely informed me that because I was in the last row, that was all I could get. Really? THEN she reached over to start taking the vegan tray away! Mind you, I hadn’t eaten anything except a small bowl of cereal and a couple of small bags of chips all day, and now she was treating me like a child, making me ask for my tray back! And this was in First Class, mind you! I was very unhappy, and couldn’t eat half of that stuff, and was naturally still hungry by the time we landed. Frankly, I think it was because I’m a blonde and she and the man next to me was also black, which is why he got asked first and not me. I’m not a racist, and I’m tired of having to prove to the world I’m not, but I’ve noticed I get a lot of animosity from black people simply because of my race, and have done for years. Too bad there’s no Blonde Lives Matter movement, right? Anyway, we got to the airport, and the baggage claim area that the flight attendant told us we were on was wrong, so most of the passengers sat around for an extra 15 minutes waiting for the conveyor to start, only to finally notice our flight was ten baggage claim areas away. So much for priority luggage! There was a mad dash as everyone moved over, and all the remaining bags had obviously been circling for awhile. I grabbed mine and headed for the car rental shuttle bus, made it to the rental terminal, and managed to pick up my pick up with no trouble. Yeah, that’s right, I rented a pick up! Not that I asked for one, but when I checked for a car rental and learned the prices had doubled and tripled since Covid started, that pickup was the cheapest one on sale, even though it was double what I would normally pay. I prefer a truck anyway, so it all worked out. Got to the hotel, got checked in with no problem, didn’t know what to do about food, I didn’t want to get a big meal so late, so I ended up just getting a tub of ramen noodles the hotel sold in the lobby just to tide me over. Settled down for the evening, had a hot bath, watched a little Netflix on my computer (no smart TV here), and now I’m ready for bed! After two not very good nights sleep and a long tiring day that was three hours longer than usual, I’m ready! Good night, babe! Love you!
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