I made it home. Nothing too interesting about the flight back, other than someone trying to steal my cherished window seat. Some people prefer the aisle, but I've always been a window person myself. It was a rather large plane, with two seats, a row, three seats, another row, and two more seats. My seat was 18G, and it was most definitely a window seat as I had purchased the ticket months and months ago and specifically picked the window. I was walking in the aisle towards row 18, looking at my ticket, and then back up at the numbers. It's funny I do this... as if in the brief moment that I look up I will forget what seat I have. So I keep doing this head bob thing while I walk down the aisle. And then I can finally tell where row 18 is... and there he is... sitting in the window seat. I look at him and he acknowledges me. I tell him I'm sitting there but it doesn't faze him one bit. I'm thinking he must not understand that I mean the actual seat he is in. I place my back in the overhead compartment and then tell him that he's sitting in my seat. He gets up and points at the numbers above the seats. I show him my boarding pass and then point to the "G". He doesn't seem to understand and continues to argue that "G" is the aisle seat. I point out that on the sign, it shows the "G" next to a window icon... and his "F" seat does not have a window icon next to it. Finally he gives up and lets me sit down. Some of you might think I'm ridiculous... but for an almost five hour flight, there is no way I'm giving up that window. I could tell he was upset after sitting down and kept looking around at the other empty seats, waiting for a chance to pounce on them. Lucky for him, the once overbooked flight had many empty seats because a bunch of planes never made it to Atlanta due to weather problems. So after we start to taxi and of course with the fasten seat belt sign already illuminated, he unbuckles and darts a few rows back where he can have his very own little window. It's amazing what we do for a tiny view of the outside world.
A ways through the flight, I started messing around with the built in console in front of my seat. Being such a large plane, it had been updated and each seat was equipped with it's own 7" touch screen system. The only free game was "In Flight Trivia", which proved to be impossibly hard during my first two attempts. But as the saying goes, third times a charm. You play against other passengers in the plane and get points for answering questions correctly, the faster you answer the more points you obtain. There is, however, an all time high scores list, which is displayed at the end of each round. These are the top 10 scores of all time for the "In Flight Trivia" game. I was on a role my third go around. I answered 12 of the 20 questions correctly, giving me 4,450 for the round. Enough to garner #9 on the all time high score list. So the next time you fly the friendly skies with Delta, be sure to look me up.
After a week in the south with the heat and humidity, I was ready to plunge back into the cool northwest weather. Well, it didn't quite work out that way. A heat wave ripping through the northwest had temperatures in the Seattle area over 100 degrees. The house I stay in does not have air conditioning. Worse yet, my bedroom is on the top floor and trying to sleep in a room with the mercury measuring a cool 95 is just not my cup of tee. After a restless night, I dawned the bulletproof vest, jumpsuit pants, longs socks, boots, and a 20 pound duty belt. Fun times! Luckily things have a cooled down a bit and I think todays high is a very reasonable 85.
So, back to my trip. I have a few pictures of Sean and family. I also drove down to Panama City Beach, Florida to spend a few days relaxing on the coast. So there are also a few pics of my time there. All in all, a very fun and mostly relaxing trip.
The Happy Family
Walking along
Sandy toes
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