An Adventurous Trip

Ready -People, Boarding Pass and my iPad

First let me say there will be 2 posts today, but I had to tell you about my trip and was just too tired yesterday so here goes the first.

My brother-in-law took me, my four 50 lb suitcases, a carry-on duffle bag, my laptop backpack and the cat to the airport this morning and waited for me to get all checked in which was a feat in itself. THANK YOU JIMMY! All was well as the plane was loaded until I noticed I seemed the be in the part of the plane where ALL the small children were! I was happy I had loaded a movie on the iPad and plugged in the headset. We were getting lots of turbulence and then something I had only seen in movies, a call over the intercom "will any doctors or medical personnel make yourself known to a flight crew member", happily a doctor was on board and came the the assistance of an older man who had shortness of breath and fainted 2 rows behind me. Soon all was well and then came the call again and I glanced around and they had him on the floorrior over 30 minutes. I know it was wrong of me, but he was in good hands and all I could think of was the flight being diverted to another island and what that would do to my poor Mailie cat who must be horribly traumatized at this point as she is in the belly of this very bumpy plane. You see, cats have to have a special permit issued by the state and it is only for the island they are going to and they have to be met by a vet which is set to happen in Kona. Eventually they were able to let the passenger return to his seat and the crowd of crew and on board medical personnel dispersed. At that point I can only hope it goes well as now all of the children are getting restless 3-1/2 hours into the flight. We were met at the airport by paramedics who came aboard and checked the old guy out and then we off the plane and out the gate where I got a traditional Hawaiian greeting from my Johnny , 2 beautiful leis and a big smooch! Everything got loaded into the truck and we started our hour drive to the house. I forgot how big it is and boy do we have a lot of work ahead of us!

Made it!

Funniest thing of the day, (Leigh, you'll appreciate this), our 7 year old cat Mailie has never walked on carpets and she is not so coordinated with her claws... it is like she is walking on velcro or something, everytime she lifts her feet they are stuck!!! Time for the nail clippers! More later everyone... right now I am watching the sun come up and listening to the rain on the metal roof... so peaceful!