Day 2 - February 8. 2009

Day 2 – February 8th, 2009

It took 3 alarms to wake us up at 3:45am .This was a painful and bleary experience for us both. We made it to the shuttle (which was actually full) and road our way around the airport…we were of course the last stop.

Once inside, we had to contend with Delta reps again which is less than enjoyable AGAIN, but finally get checked in and move through security. In Becca’s non-coffee enhanced state, she forgets to remove her laptop from her carry-on and is pulled aside for the “swab your crap” test…Fortunately; the lady was pleasant and didn’t take too long.

Starbucks had just opened and we were the first customers. That just isn’t right for a store that opens at 5:00 AM.

So did anyone know JFK also serves as an Aviary that is run by little girls with bagels? How often do you get to experience pigeons and small sparrows swooping past your head at 5am? Lovely. Graham let the young lady know that if she fed the birds they would peck her eyes out.

So in addition to the birds, we also had the pleasure of sharing our plane with the entire Brigham Young University indoor track team. The place was swarming with Mormon runners, all way too chipper, way too blonde, and way too caffeine-free at that hour.

Our seats were initially next to a very friendly rabbi on his way to California. (we had the window and middle seat and he was on the aisle). Part way through the flight, he swaps seats with his wife…The Rabbi-ess was not as friendly to say the least and she kept encroaching on Becca’s allotted seat space. This gem of a seat mate also COMPLETELY grossed Becca out mid-flight.

Imagine this…the encroacher seems to have a bit of her in-flight snack stuck in her tooth. She attempts extraction with her forefinger to no avail….at this point, any normal person would either excuse themselves to the lavatory or find some floss and then excuse themselves…..Not this lady. She nonchalantly reaches for the emergency procedure card located in the seat pocket in front of her and uses the corner of it to pick out whatever it was that was lodged in her mouth!!!

So as everyone knows, Becca is a bit of a germ-a-phobe, so the fact she just used an in-flight pamphlet that thousands of people have man-handled completely freaks her out! To top it all off, the woman doesn’t discard the card…no, no….she puts it back in the seat pocket to lie in wait for the next occupant! EEEEKKKKK!!!!!

Right, so we get into Salt Lake and catch a cab to our condo after finally finding our luggage. And we finally get to see Paige. Better yet we get to see Paige in her pajamas.

We did a little housekeeping and ran some errands. One errand included gathering food and beer. Our condo is right on Temple Square. Temple Square is pretty much the center of the Mormon universe (see photo taken from condo window). The scowls we received for carrying beer within a few blocks of the temple are burned into the inside of my eyelids.

Okay, so tomorrow Becca, Graham and Paige will each have a section in the blog! We have agreed we won’t read each other’s post until it posts but we will vote on the quote of the dayJ

Until then, they are calling for 6+ inches of new snow in morning! We’ll let you know how it goes!

Quote of the day:
“Plush furniture, red rugs, I like this place” - a fellow resident of the Kimball Condos