Mexican Journal

This is what I would have written on here had I had access to a computer last week. =0)

Day One ~ THE FLIGHT

Have you been to SeaTac lately? I don't think I am such a big fan of the change to all self serve kiosks with a few agents running around behind them. It takes you at least twice as long if you have a problem because you have to flag someone down and then wait until they are free to help you, instead of just waiting in line and having their full attention when it's your turn. Perhaps they should have half the kiosks and put back a few dedicated agents for those of us who KNOW we are going to have to talk to someone! Just a suggestion. =0) I had to talk to someone because my flight had an overnight in Houston, so I needed to make sure they took off the second bag charge and gave me a receipt to show in Houston. Next time I think I will request the RED EYE! It is sooooo much easier, but this was a good learning curve.

So I arrived at Houston International Airport with about 130 lbs. of luggage and just me to carry it!!! The cart machine was not working!!! Oy! I asked at the info desk where I needed to go to catch the shuttle to my hotel and was told I needed to go down one level to Terminal E, so I got on the elevator (me and my 130lbs. of stuff. too bad there was no one there to take a picture of that ) and noticed they had a plaque next to one of the buttons that said Terminal E which I pushed. Oops! that button took me up to level 2 NOT DOWN!!! Thankfully, the Lord is gracious to those who are LOST and he sent a lady and her daughter onto the elevator. She was headed back down to the baggage claim level, so I asked her if she was familiar with the airport (which she was) and where to catch a shuttle. She told me that behind the elevators (which is RIGHT BEHIND THE INFO DESK) are signs that direct you out to them and that I should ask the person at the "gate" where to go/what to do to get my shuttle. The guard at the gate told me to stand in the middle of the road where all the buses and shuttles were coming and going and wait for the one coming from Comfort Suites. Do you know it was already there! I stood there for a minute or two looking to my left ('cause that's the direction they were coming in) and then I turned to my right just to look and VIOLA ~ there it was right in front of me! God is SOOO good. I noticed there was someone sitting in side so I opened the door and asked him if we are just supposed to put or stuff in the back and get in. He told me the driver would be back in a minute and he would help me. The driver came just at that moment and I asked him the same question, we clarified that I was going to the right hotel and he told me it was my "lucky day" because apparently I was supposed to call ahead for the shuttle, but there were a few people whose flight had been cancelled so they were on their way back to their hotel and that's why he was there at that moment. God is such a great orchestrator. HE IS SOOO AMAZING!!

I have arrived at my hotel hoping they would have fresh baked chocolate chip cookies (you never know) only to find out that the room was not paid for, just held for me. Surprise! I'll be reimbursed, but I wasn't expecting that. Thankfully they have a baggage cart so I don't have to lug my stuff up to the 2nd floor! Small Mercies. It's warm here, and a little bit humid, but not bad. Preparation for Mexico right? =0)

The flight was uneventful (the way a flight should be). I had the aisle seat. A nice young Korean man next to me (he could have been Japanese; the girls he appeared to be with looked Japanese to me) and a gal, who slept most of the trip, by the window. The in-flight movie was BEDTIME STORIES (well worth the $1 for the earbuds), a cute family movie starring Adam Sandler and the gal from "Felicity". Right now I am reading a great book by Rick Joyner about the things that God is preparing in His church for the near future called "Visions of the Harvest", but I am now going to feast on God's word. I am seriously behind in my reading!!

So Ciao! til later.

Eryn

Now you know what happened on day one ~ time to go run. More later. =0)