9/04/2012

The Barf Bag: A Travel Story

Well...hello and good day internet.
I can't believe how fast I traveled up to UT and came home.
I left and drove at 12am on Friday and flew home by plane, at 6:20pm Saturday.
Driving there wasn't bad at all and it took about 10 hours from Cali. I must say though...
Flying home in 2 hours was my favorite part. Altogether, I was gone for about 30 hours.
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I was nerves about the trip, because THIS white girl LOVES road snacks.
Tomorrow I'll share what I munched on. It's pretty funny.

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About an hour left into the trip (driving) we ALMOST had to push the car, but thank heavens we didn't. This is how close we got. 

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I stayed the night with my other gorgeous nice Priscila and her hubby Michael. I LOVE THIS couple. The Greene's where the best hosts and staying up until almost 3am chatting was so fun. I love how much Michael adores her and treats her with respect. Watching them together, reminded me a lot of Mr. Sonboul and I when we first got married. Just the two of us in love.

I took them out for a photo shoot and it was so fun. I'll post those photos later this week. 

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And then there was this magical lucky moment. 
Right before I left, I found out that Emilie Ahern would be visiting UT at the SAME TIME! I think of Em as a sister and sadly I haven't seen her in about 4 years. We only had 3 hours together, but it was packed with vintage shops, pizza and ice cream. She looked amazing and I am so proud of her and her weight loss. It was great motivation for me. Thanks Em and I love you!

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Oh plus, I finally got to meet her youngest daughter. Em brought her along for the girl's day out. I LOVE this little girl. She is the right amount of tiny perfection. I loved her little hands and her sweet little voice.
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Now comes the good part. 
On early Saturday morning, a BIG storm rolled in over Provo. I woke up to the thunder and heavy rain coming down. A thought came to mind at 3am...
"OH CRAP... It better not rain like this while I'm on the plane today!"

After driving with the Greene's and Em I got a little car sick.
This is why I always drive, but I held it together.
Em dropped me off at the airport on time and I took some Advil to help. I loaded the plane and it took off. The first thing the pilot said was "Because of the weather, we might have a little turbulence".
Again I think..."OH CRAP".
I love taking off and landing, but I really hate turbulence! Even after all the times I've flown, I still hate it! 

About 10 minutes in the air. jiggle. jiggle...jiggle. 
I brace myself and the car sickness was coming back strong. 
Jiggle...Jiggle. I think to myself
"I might actually throw up on this flight. I've never done that!"
I guess trying to avoid the turbulence the pilot started to sway and sway...jiggle...sway.
I then think
"I'm so going to throw up! This bag isn't going to hold everything that's coming up (while I held the barf bag)".

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Finally we passed the storm (a beautiful pic of the storm I took) and the flight attendant came over. I wuffed down Sprite and crackers, which allowed me to keep my record. I'm telling you, I almost broke the record. 

It was a perfect little trip in less then 30 hours, but as always I was happy to be home.
Oh and Mr. Sonboul cleaned up, so it was nice and tidy.  

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3 comments:

Michelle said...

Cool cloud shot!!! I get car sick really easy and am not a fan of flying. It was a turbulent ride home from DW this summer. Not fun.

Emilie said...

LOVED IT!!!
P.S. Glad you didn't barf.

iffatali said...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
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