…after an OMFG moment this a.m. (woke up at 2:00; then lay back down to await the alarm. After a while, realized it seemed much longer than an hour and 15 minutes. Checked clock – OMFG, it was 4:00 – a full 45 minutes later than I’d planned to sleep. Threw on clothes, grabbed backpack and suitcase and called for my cab. Thank goodness they hang out near my apartment (thanks to the hotels around there). Made it to airport in plenty of time. WHEW).
Flight to Toronto was great. Very nice aircraft and no one beside me. Customs, easy peasy. Flight to Vancouver, nice, but very long. Weirdness of seating, but eventually, I ended up with no one next to me in the 2-seater portion of the 767.
Read a while. Re-watched the first 2 episodes of The Middleman on my iPod. Listened to raitala’s recording of Let’s Pretend the War is Over (Brilliant!).
Taxi driver eventually got me to my hotel, after asking where on Pender the Ramada was. Uhm, dude–I’m a tourist. After driving a ways down Pender, he pulled into an alley, called the office and asked for the address. you’d'a thunk he’d do that in the first place. ::facepalm:
In any case, I’m here in my room, relaxing and waiting for the rest of the clan to arrive. They were due to touch down about 10 minutes ago, but then they have to go through customs and get to the hotel. I’m tired and starving. Wish this hotel had room service. Oh well, it’s nice enough and yay, free wifi!
Hope everyone’s having a great Labor/Labour Day weekend!
(one amusing thing–on the way to the Ramada, we passed the Fraser Arms hotel, a manky dive near the airport. We were going too fast for me to take a picture).
