March Update Part Three.

After almost a full week of DC, we were ready to head back home. We packed our things, slept for four hours, and got up at 5:15am DC time. That is 2:15am PDX time. We headed to Metro to home. This time both of us made it on our DC to Seattle flight. It was a standby ticket success.

We were both so exhausted and drained. To pass the time we would munch on our goodies from Mom's and play cards. I was kicking Bay's ass at cards on our flight to Seattle. I was teasing her because I'm the card champion. Ha! 

She kept asking me what I want when we got home. I responded with, "you." She said, "what else?" I said again,"you." She looked at me with serious eyes. Okay okay...snuggling, shower, cheddar, and REAL food. Lol. 

Then she said she met with Leo last week. I was thinking cool. And that's random. 

She PROPOSED to me. :D I said, "YES"- completely shock. 

I usually know what she is gonna say. But this time, she got me. She's "got" me for the rest of our lives. *hugest smile you can ever imagine*

 

She told me afterwards that all of the times she had been randomly giggling was because she was about to propose. HA! She had the ring in her pocket the whole time. I couldn't figure out why she would get upset if I looked in her brown bag for snacks. Now I know why.

We arrive to Seattle and we are both still in shock, arriving at 11 am, surrounded by tons of people waiting for a flight to Portland. WOW! Culture and life shock is setting in. 

For three hours no one is allowed on the flight with standby tickets. As the day continues, you can see people getting more and more upset. I went up to the person at Alaska and asked, "how long until we 'might' get a flight." He looks at his computer, has a huge disgruntled sigh, and looks at me and says, "it's going to be a long day." I wasn't really prepared for what that actually meant. 

One woman starting screaming and yelling at the person calling out seat numbers. A multitude of men glared at Alaska airline staff. My favorite was an older man making jokes to try to make light of the awful situation. He asked, "what do you call cow that just had a calf?" Know the answer? "Decaf!" ahahah. I thought it was really funny. 

After 11 hours of trying to figure out a different way to get home, bus, train, rent a car, friends house or staying at the airport over night, we got on a 30 minute flight home. Bay's dad Larry picked us up at the airport and we were so unbelievably happy. Home sweet home.