And we're not double-entendring this?
I found some doggie treats for Bear and Brandi. Pretty good too. I tried a piece of one. Very crisp.
But I'm leaping ahead of my story!
Let’s see, where was I on my NYC trip?
The plane! The plane!
I had a window seat. I can’t imagine sitting anywhere else. The feeling when the plane is racing down the run way. That excited/scared/sad/thrilled feeling all rolled into one? Excited to be on my way, Scared that the plane was going to crash. Sad to leave home and a touch worried I did the right thing leaving Mom by herself and the thrilling feeling of starting a great adventure.
An Oriental young man sat next to me. I tried to talk with him but he said he had limited English and (to be honest) that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I’m sorry but his breath was enough to knock a statue over. Whew! I had to hold my own breath every time he leaned over to look out the window. Ugh.
Landing in NYC went fine. I had no trouble getting my luggage or finding the transportation desk. I had already arrange for a Super Shuttle to take me to the hotel. I didn’t bargain on the driver being a reject from Mr. Toads Wild Ride. The van’s AC was broken and the only window that could open was the drivers.
I don’t know if I was sweating from heat or fear for life, limb and luggage!
It seemed we drove down one street, back up a couple of blocks over. Maybe you have to in order to get where your going but it seemed (to me) we went out of our way to get to the hotel.
But get there we did and the driver sure did perk up when I gave him his tip. He even put my bags in lobby for me.
Checking in was no big deal. They had my request to check in early and said they had my room ready but it turned out to be one of those very small rooms TCB had warned me about. Now, I could have lived with it but the bathroom didn’t have a tub. Just a shower.
I knew I’d be doing a lot of walking and would need a tub to soak in so I went back down to the desk and asked for another room. I was told, “But you requested an early check in but had not said anything about needing a bathtub.” To which I replied that I took it for granted there would BE a bathtub. I never expected to have to ASK for one.” Gezzz.
