Time for a Real Update...
...we're taking a break this evening and I think I need to post a real update...
The flight from Anchorage to Seattle was fine. I sat with a mom and her 4 or 5 year old son. They were on their way down to Orlando, FL to visit her parents and go meet Mickey. The little boy was SO EXCITED to go see Mickey (more than the g'parents even!) so it was a lot of fun sitting with him. He wanted me to watch Finding Nemo with him, which I didn't want to do just because I can't watch movies on planes and not get sick, but I pretended to (I've seen it enough to know what is happening) and that made his day, so yay for that.
Then I had a horrible layover at Seattle. No food, no sleep thanks to horrible children who were very fussy and parents who wouldn't take care of their children. So I didn't eat, didn't sleep, just chatted with mom and went to YouTube and watched clips of Ed Grimly lol
I passed out on the plane from Seattle to Minneapolis, before take off I was gone to the world and didn't wake up until the Captain said it was time to land! Three plus hours of deep sleep was all I got until 8pm (MN time) yesterday!
I got to the hotel around 7:30 and check in here is not until 3, and so I had to wait until they had our room cleaned, which didn't happen until sometime after 11. I sat around in teh lobby and chatted with different people who were there for skating. Met a really nice couple of ladies (one's a bit older than I am, the other one is *I think* her mom or maybe even grandmother?) and chatted with them until they went off to the arena. Then I met Brad Hislop, who was a US skater in ice dance (and I think singles) way back when. And we chatted for a good long while as he was also waiting for his room to get ready. He was talking about how the USFSA gives alumni (which I assume are USFSA International team members?) free tickets, but that they're not the best and you don't get a practice pass and so he bought his own set, but they still sent him the tickets.
What got him started on that was I was telling him about Heather and I rooming together and how the USFSA really screwed around with the volunteers and what they got and that she was worried about how she was going to afford the extra tickets she'd have to buy and he basically just offered to give them to her. It was really cool! So we spent the morning bemoaning the USFSA's crappy treatment of fans (and his insider knowledge was very eye opening) and talking about Keegan Messing who is a Jr. Skater from Anchorage, Alaska.
Then when Heather got in I told her about Brad's offer and she was all excited so I tried to find him in the lobby most of the rest of the day but didn't meet up with him. I did meet up with my friend Brittany, and she and her mom took me to lunch at the resteraunt here at the Kelly Inn. It was so sweet. It was an early bday for me, and then Brittany also gave me three Christian books that take place in Alaska! I've already started the first book and it's pretty good. There aren't any big errors so far, so that's good. We Alaskans are pretty particular about that sort of thing lol.
Yes Alaskans have no life. Let's leave it at that, shall we? ;)
After lunch/dinner (we met up around 3 and they left after 6 lol) I went back up to the room and basically just chilled. I chatted online with Jen and Mom and just took a break. Heather had to work so it was just me. I tried to make it past 8 but couldn't hold out and fell asleep, and then woke up when Heather came in and turned on Law & Order SVU - which the TV was already on, but BD WONG is HOT so I had to watch lol
We went back to bed after 11, and then I woke up at 8am this morning. Heather had to be at work at 6am so I had the room to myself and I got up and got ready and headed out to the arena.
Watched Novice Pairs, Ladies, and Jr. Cds. Met up with the two women I met yesterday (Juanita and Vivian) and sat with them until Melanie called and I found my way over to her in between the Ladies and the Dance. Heather got off early and met up with us and then we headed back to the hotel to eat, and take a mini break and then head back to the Arena.
It was a total God thing though because when we came back down from the room right before going to eat Brad was coming in from walking back from the Arena and he went up to his room and got the tickets for Heather. So now Brad is her new best friend lol. He joined us for dinner and we snarked more about the USFSA and just had a great time. He cracks me up.
Then we took in the Novice Men's Final and called it a night. Now Heather is making banners for Kim and Brent and Amanda and Mark, and I'm getting ready to upload photos from today. I have the hiccups and it's annoying so I think I'm done with this whole update lol
Check out my smugmug account to see the pictures!
Heather said I'm a dork.The flight from Anchorage to Seattle was fine. I sat with a mom and her 4 or 5 year old son. They were on their way down to Orlando, FL to visit her parents and go meet Mickey. The little boy was SO EXCITED to go see Mickey (more than the g'parents even!) so it was a lot of fun sitting with him. He wanted me to watch Finding Nemo with him, which I didn't want to do just because I can't watch movies on planes and not get sick, but I pretended to (I've seen it enough to know what is happening) and that made his day, so yay for that.
Then I had a horrible layover at Seattle. No food, no sleep thanks to horrible children who were very fussy and parents who wouldn't take care of their children. So I didn't eat, didn't sleep, just chatted with mom and went to YouTube and watched clips of Ed Grimly lol
I passed out on the plane from Seattle to Minneapolis, before take off I was gone to the world and didn't wake up until the Captain said it was time to land! Three plus hours of deep sleep was all I got until 8pm (MN time) yesterday!
I got to the hotel around 7:30 and check in here is not until 3, and so I had to wait until they had our room cleaned, which didn't happen until sometime after 11. I sat around in teh lobby and chatted with different people who were there for skating. Met a really nice couple of ladies (one's a bit older than I am, the other one is *I think* her mom or maybe even grandmother?) and chatted with them until they went off to the arena. Then I met Brad Hislop, who was a US skater in ice dance (and I think singles) way back when. And we chatted for a good long while as he was also waiting for his room to get ready. He was talking about how the USFSA gives alumni (which I assume are USFSA International team members?) free tickets, but that they're not the best and you don't get a practice pass and so he bought his own set, but they still sent him the tickets.
What got him started on that was I was telling him about Heather and I rooming together and how the USFSA really screwed around with the volunteers and what they got and that she was worried about how she was going to afford the extra tickets she'd have to buy and he basically just offered to give them to her. It was really cool! So we spent the morning bemoaning the USFSA's crappy treatment of fans (and his insider knowledge was very eye opening) and talking about Keegan Messing who is a Jr. Skater from Anchorage, Alaska.
Then when Heather got in I told her about Brad's offer and she was all excited so I tried to find him in the lobby most of the rest of the day but didn't meet up with him. I did meet up with my friend Brittany, and she and her mom took me to lunch at the resteraunt here at the Kelly Inn. It was so sweet. It was an early bday for me, and then Brittany also gave me three Christian books that take place in Alaska! I've already started the first book and it's pretty good. There aren't any big errors so far, so that's good. We Alaskans are pretty particular about that sort of thing lol.
Yes Alaskans have no life. Let's leave it at that, shall we? ;)
After lunch/dinner (we met up around 3 and they left after 6 lol) I went back up to the room and basically just chilled. I chatted online with Jen and Mom and just took a break. Heather had to work so it was just me. I tried to make it past 8 but couldn't hold out and fell asleep, and then woke up when Heather came in and turned on Law & Order SVU - which the TV was already on, but BD WONG is HOT so I had to watch lol
We went back to bed after 11, and then I woke up at 8am this morning. Heather had to be at work at 6am so I had the room to myself and I got up and got ready and headed out to the arena.
Watched Novice Pairs, Ladies, and Jr. Cds. Met up with the two women I met yesterday (Juanita and Vivian) and sat with them until Melanie called and I found my way over to her in between the Ladies and the Dance. Heather got off early and met up with us and then we headed back to the hotel to eat, and take a mini break and then head back to the Arena.
It was a total God thing though because when we came back down from the room right before going to eat Brad was coming in from walking back from the Arena and he went up to his room and got the tickets for Heather. So now Brad is her new best friend lol. He joined us for dinner and we snarked more about the USFSA and just had a great time. He cracks me up.
Then we took in the Novice Men's Final and called it a night. Now Heather is making banners for Kim and Brent and Amanda and Mark, and I'm getting ready to upload photos from today. I have the hiccups and it's annoying so I think I'm done with this whole update lol
Check out my smugmug account to see the pictures!