I'm currently starting my sixth, and hopefully final, week of traveling...at least for a while. Personally...I wasn't really looking forward to losing my 3 day weekend to travel 3000 miles away from home...but I'm beginning to have a change of heart.
The journey West started far too early this morning...because it is either ridiculously difficult (meaning an extremely long day) or extremely expensive (still an extremely long day) to get from one coast to the other. So right away...not something I'm overly looking forward to. But as we were getting ready to land, and we got out of the cloud that kind of freaked me out (because we were in it for a really long time) I saw Seattle. Really for the first time. I've flown through Seattle before...but was in a middle seat flying in, and couldn't really see anything...and flying out was worried that the 6 month preggo Erin was going to puke all over me. So really this was the first time I got a good look at the city.
As we got closer to the airport...something weird happened. I started smiling. That's definitely not something I've done a lot of the past few months. As I got through the airport...and though I still have yet to find a clock in the Seattle Airport...it's definitely not a bad airport. So I get in my rental car...a Dodge Caliber this week...which...let me tell you is one step away from Fred Flinstone's happenin' ride...and would have more power if I stuck my feet through the floor and started running.
I definitely like Seattle. The overcast, rainy weather hasn't even bothered me. And really...the way I feel right now...I kind of want to buy a one way ticket, rent an apartment and buy a Subaru and a kayak :) It just feels very mellow...but at the same time...very...right...somehow.
It also helps that, thanks to the sponsor I have for this week...I'm staying in quite a nice hotel. It's actually a casino on an Indian reservation here...but by far the nicest hotel I've probably ever stayed in. As I sit here in my hotel provided bathrobe. Ok...so I might have felt a little like a bumpkin walking around in awe of the hotel room...but hey...the shower has 3 heads!
Shall I get started on the room service? The best room service meal ever. Ok...so most room service is kind of crap...but this was a good meal. Steak and eggs. Exactly what I needed.
I just looked at the clock on my computer (which is still on East Coast time) and realized that it's really 11pm for me. So I'm going to go to bed now. But I'm definitely looking forward to my week here in Washington.
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