Travel...

So not only am I in Europe a week before my wedding but I will be in Cincinnati the week after my honeymoon. Crazy.

Readings picked!

For those who want to know what will be read at the wedding see below. If you want to be surprised then don't look.

We were actually very picky about the readings and even as of right now don't have the gospel chosen.

The first reading will be Jeremiah 31: 31-34 and read by my niece Katie. The second reading will be Colossians 3:12-17 read by his niece Meghan.

I am starting to get stressed because I feel like I need to have things figured out by the time I leave for London. But between you and me, I am so excited to go to London and be a tourist by myself. And also not deal with wedding stuff. It is my last hurrah as a single lady.

And nothing makes a wedding seem real like paying all the vendors...

Leaving on a jet plane...

Just sent my travel information to the corporate travel agent. Looks like I am going to London and will be back one week before the wedding.

I don't know if this is a good or bad thing.

God Save the Queen...

...or rather God save B since it as it stands right now, I am scheduled to be in London (England) October 31 - November 7. Basically, B is going to have to pick up the slack while I am gone.

I should start making lists now for him.

The British are coming...

Well actually one Brit and her transplant of a husband. I have become used to finding RSVPs in my mailbox when I get home. But yesterday all I had was a returned invite (sorry Jody I guess the USPS doesn't want you to attend). However, our houseguests (hi Sarah! hi Pete!) arrived and in their hands was an RSVP. It was carried on a pillow all the way from England. I think it had its own seat on the plane. If it didn't, well, it should have.

Lucky for them it was an acceptance (they are having the beef). They are staying at our place while we drive to New York. I had to make sure I hid all my unmentionables because I didn't want Pete to try them on.

I am...

home!

I hope I don't travel back anytime sooon

So it could get worse. It is 8:10 and I am stuck in the airport. My flight was cancelled and they are trying to get us to Chicago tonight. Then we are taking the first flight out of Chicago tomorrow. It boards at 6:02 am. Elise is annoyed but whatever. That is flight I wanted. However there is still a good chance that the flight to Chicago is cancelled.

Hopefully the next blog posting is me typing from Medford. Hopefully.

Hotel drama

While connecting in Chicago yesterday I had a message from my colleague-the one that made it on the plane. Saying how the room she got was a single and the only room with a double bed was a smoking room. She said that the room was giving her a headache AND she is a smoker. I called back and told her that we have two different reservations so the hotel desk made a mistake. So that crisis was averted but then she dropped a bomb. There was a sorotiy reunion at the hotel. 600 Gamma Phi Betas were raming the halls. UGH!!!

Could this trip get any worse?

First class

The cookies in first class are awesome. Sandwich was better than coach but still gross.

I never understood the hot otwel but I like it. The flight home is going to be a disappointment.

Drama at the airport

So while I am waiting for my next flight. I decided to see if there was a way to get on an earlier flight. To do that, I had to leave the terminal. Once outside in the cold cruel world, I realized I lost my license somewhere in the terminal. Mon Dieux!

Panicked, I called B and asked him to go home and look for my passport in the spare room. In the meantime, I went to the ticketing desk to see if someone could call the gate and see if it was found. Well the first lady, the one who walks the line helping people, she left to go to the bathroom before calling the gate like she said she would. Then I go up to the gate and they said, "Oh, we can get you a new boarding pass." The one I got said "'NO ID". I was then told that I would just have to be searched. Um - okay but can I get back from Ohio was my main concern. You cant fly without ID, or can you...


Well the quick answer is: you can fly without ID. You just will get searched everytime. So getting back would not be a problem this was confirmed by TSA.

I still didnt believe that I could fly without I did and B didn't either. So then he told me to ask security. Off to the check point I wen and when I went to ask the security agent about it, he looked at me and asked me my name. When I told him, he said "I know you. We have your license." OH LUCKY DAY! So I called B and told him but he was on his way home. Luckily, he just turned around and went back to work rather than all the way to Logan and then back to work. I owe him big. Big.

Logan is beautiful in the morning

So I am stuck in Logan having just been involuntarily bumped from my flight. My work colleague made it on the plane but alas I did not.

Trying to look on the brighter side of things:

• I will be flying first class to Chicago and then on to Cincinnati later today which is fun I guess. I have never flown first class before.
• I received a free round trip ticket to anywhere in the US.
• I saw Milan Lucic at the airport. I didn't know who he was until a guy asked for his autograph. He wasn't flying first class.

Since I am here for another four hours I may update the blog with the ongoings and shenanigans of the airport. People should hang out here more often.

Leaving on a jet plane...

There has been a change in our rules of engagement.


I have to go to New York for work and since the flight was the same price if I left Monday morning or Saturday, I opted to leave on Saturday and hang with some peeps in the Big Apple. The weird thing is that while I love to travel, I rarely fly alone and it is usually B going away for weekends with friends not me. Or I do go away but it is at the same time as B going away. So it was very weird to be dropped off at Logan Airport knowing that B was going back to sit on the couch and watch the Mets game from last night.


And apparently, June is the month for my work travel as I have to go to Cincinnati in a two weeks. Unfortunately, B has to drop me off at the airport at 5:00 AM and then pick me up the next night at 11:30 PM.


The good news is that I am racking up my thank you points - they got us the almost free round trip tickets to Hawaii/San Francisco. I am going to get something for myself the next time I redeem those points.

While I am Away

I am off to NYC for more dress try ons and seeing family. In my absence enjoy this picture of Massachusetts fall foliage.





(pic from massroads.com)

Playing Hooky

I mentioned a few posts ago that B and I were taking off the Friday after the BC/VaTech game. I am glad we did since after the miraculous win, we (along with some of his friends) were the last to leave BSG. The win made for a non-cranky B on Friday as we went to Rockport for some no frills, economical, delicious lobster, clam chowder and ice cream. The drive up was really pretty as the foliage is hitting its peak. And being a Friday, there were not that many out of state leaf peepers. We hope to start exploring New England more. Next I want to go to a corn maze. We will see when that actually happens.

Our no frills table and chairs...

Our view...

Other pictures around Rockport...

BC's next game is Saturday at home - we have a wedding and I have much empathy for the bride dealing with her BC alumnus groom to be. I wish her Godspeed. And B is not allowed to check scores during ceremony or reception. But I am sure any of his ten BC friends will keep him updated.

Away...

I am away this weekend. I will be in Atlanta visiting my brother, B's cousin and going to the BC/Georgia Tech football game.

B is right - I am the best fiancee in the world.