On my way..... finally!

After what seemed to be an endless wait I was finally on my way to Seattle Wednesday. I buttoned up the house, said a bunch of goodbyes and was off to the airport. It was not a day that I looked forward to because of the very long flight to Seattle. I'm not a big fan of flying anymore (that's why I cruise) especially long flights. The flights went pretty well and I sat next to a couple of delightful people that helped make the trip more pleasant. I arrived in Seattle on time and after a very long wait for luggage went to my hotel. I was getting pretty nervous waiting for luggage because I live with the constant fear of arriving at the ship without my luggage and as luck would have it my two bags were the last to arrive. I was really sweating it! It was nice to arrive at the hotel because I was very tired (1:45 am eastern). Now I sit here babbling away after waking up at 0330 in the morning another helpless victim of a 3 hour time change. At least when we are cruising we only change the time an hour at a pop which is much easier to adjust to, at least for me. I am finally getting a bit excited about embarking on my mega voyage. My friends have been continuously asking me "Are you getting excited?" and I would always reply with a "No". I guess that is because there are three things I really hate about cruising; getting there, muster drill and returning home. Now that I have at least gotten the flights out of the way for this phase of the adventure I can now relax a little bit and start getting excited. I'm going to Holland America's Headquarters in a few hours....should be interesting. I just hope I don't fall asleep while I'm there....I definitely need more sleep. I think I'll try that now.....