Hi boys,
Hope all is well.
So here's our first update.....
Please come and eat up all the apples, mandarins, veggies, milk, etc. that are in the fridge. I also think there might be something in the downstairs fridge crisper... or perhaps not. The other stuff in the downstairs fridge is Ok (cheese, olives...).
The bus came early to pick us up, so of course we rushed out. I did not put the watering bulbs into the flowers- Paul, you will have to fill them and put them in if you want to use them. I left them lying on the floor in the spa room. I also forgot to bring down the 3 orchids in my bathroom. They only need to be watered every 3 weeks, and then just a bit, so I would leave them up there, even once a month is OK for them. After we got on the bus and were headed to Windsor I realized I forgot the jewelry I wanted to wear with my green dress... that made me very frustrated with myself. Dad was frustrated with me too, but he quickly feel asleep in the bus. WE had both been up all night (we never did go to bed!) and I had been up 2 nights (48hr) so I was tired too, but naturally I couldn't fall asleep. So I fidgeted all the way to the Detroit airport.
At the airport, we checked into the hotel. They could not find our reservation. Of course, your Dad saw this as the end of the world and sat down with his head in his hands. He was convinced we had no reservation....but they eventually found it. WE got upgraded to a club class room, with a special key to go up in the elevator to the 'restricted' 8th floor. Unfortunately because of the holidays the club lounge was closed, so we never got any of those perks. Of course, we couldn't get the elevator to work for us. First we tried pushing the 8th floor button, and it wouldn't work. Then we saw that we had to put the room key in a slot ( on the very bottom- why not put it next to 8th floor button???) but no matter how we tried to put the key in & push the button it still wouldn't go. So we went back to the desk and asked- you had to put the key in until it beeped then remove it quickly then push the 8th floor. Shesh!
We got to our room- didn't seem to be any different than any other room BTW, dropped our bags, got rid of some of our outerwear and then proceeded into the terminal to look for a place to have supper. We also updated our one bag of luggage and got our boarding passes from a kiosk. Could not get the seat assignments as they were only giving them out at the gate. WE walked all over the terminal (it was probably a mile+ walk) and finally decided to have a quizno's sub (8 in) with a side order of soup and cranberry juice. We saved the juice for later. We thought we did well- 2 people for under $12. On the way back to the hotel room Dad nagged for some fries, so we stopped at Macdonald's and I got him a large, no salt. Not that he needed it. We walked a bit more and decided where we wanted to go for breakfast the next day as there is no food on the plane, of course. Went back to the room. We repacked our bags a bit so there would be no problem with us having too many carryon items, so we combined some in a shopping bag that we would carry. Dad was very tired so we went back to the room. Dad feel asleep almost right away. We were both in bed by 10!!!!January 02 / 2012: The Beginning...
So here's our first update.....
Please come and eat up all the apples, mandarins, veggies, milk, etc. that are in the fridge. I also think there might be something in the downstairs fridge crisper... or perhaps not. The other stuff in the downstairs fridge is Ok (cheese, olives...).
The bus came early to pick us up, so of course we rushed out. I did not put the watering bulbs into the flowers- Paul, you will have to fill them and put them in if you want to use them. I left them lying on the floor in the spa room. I also forgot to bring down the 3 orchids in my bathroom. They only need to be watered every 3 weeks, and then just a bit, so I would leave them up there, even once a month is OK for them. After we got on the bus and were headed to Windsor I realized I forgot the jewelry I wanted to wear with my green dress... that made me very frustrated with myself. Dad was frustrated with me too, but he quickly feel asleep in the bus. WE had both been up all night (we never did go to bed!) and I had been up 2 nights (48hr) so I was tired too, but naturally I couldn't fall asleep. So I fidgeted all the way to the Detroit airport.
At the airport, we checked into the hotel. They could not find our reservation. Of course, your Dad saw this as the end of the world and sat down with his head in his hands. He was convinced we had no reservation....but they eventually found it. WE got upgraded to a club class room, with a special key to go up in the elevator to the 'restricted' 8th floor. Unfortunately because of the holidays the club lounge was closed, so we never got any of those perks. Of course, we couldn't get the elevator to work for us. First we tried pushing the 8th floor button, and it wouldn't work. Then we saw that we had to put the room key in a slot ( on the very bottom- why not put it next to 8th floor button???) but no matter how we tried to put the key in & push the button it still wouldn't go. So we went back to the desk and asked- you had to put the key in until it beeped then remove it quickly then push the 8th floor. Shesh!
We got to our room- didn't seem to be any different than any other room BTW, dropped our bags, got rid of some of our outerwear and then proceeded into the terminal to look for a place to have supper. We also updated our one bag of luggage and got our boarding passes from a kiosk. Could not get the seat assignments as they were only giving them out at the gate. WE walked all over the terminal (it was probably a mile+ walk) and finally decided to have a quizno's sub (8 in) with a side order of soup and cranberry juice. We saved the juice for later. We thought we did well- 2 people for under $12. On the way back to the hotel room Dad nagged for some fries, so we stopped at Macdonald's and I got him a large, no salt. Not that he needed it. We walked a bit more and decided where we wanted to go for breakfast the next day as there is no food on the plane, of course. Went back to the room. We repacked our bags a bit so there would be no problem with us having too many carryon items, so we combined some in a shopping bag that we would carry. Dad was very tired so we went back to the room. Dad feel asleep almost right away. We were both in bed by 10!!!!January 02 / 2012: The Beginning...
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