Yesterday I spent my last day in the US with all my loved ones. It was perfect - breakfast with the family, pedicures, longest shower ever, a nap, and then off to the airport. I was running about 30 minutes late so goodbyes were quick. We all welled up but no tears were shed. I grabbed all my bags - 2 checked (one for the girls, one for me), and my camel-back and a small book bag. (I really wanted to only have one carry on but damn the last minute items...they got the best of me).I went to check in, the line was long, the computers were broken - started off awesome. But then there was a shift in what I thought would be a day of bad timing and luck. All of my nerves from the day were calmed with one little thing...I checked in, put tags on my bags, and then it was time to weigh them. Well I thought the limit was 70lbs, wrong, way way wrong. 50lbs is the limit. Well I packed the girls bag to the absolute limit 70.5 lbs and my pack was full which ended up being 45lbs. The airline attendant asked me to weigh my bags, we weighed the girls bag first - the lady say the weight and just “wow”. We need someone to come and specially check it, and that it would cost. Crap!
Well I was explaining it to her that the really heavy bag was for the girls and that they don’t really get much so I tried to bring them everything I could. She went to the computer to finish checking me out and said well you will still have to pay. Crap again. I then asked her how much the bags would cost. She turned to me and said, “Well you are done and they didn't ask for payment. Someone must be watching over your trip.” And with those two words all my worries melted away.
I went through security with Tanner (he switched his flight back to Denver so he could walk me to the gate), got a sandwich for the flight, said our goodbyes, boarded the plane, was surprised when I had two seats to myself :) I slept for a majority of the flight because I found out there was no wifi - damn United flights! I reached Germany in just enough time to board my flight to Bangalore. This flight still didn't have wifi but it wasn't full so I had a full three seats to myself which allowed for some major sleeping.
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