Happy Saturday everyone!
Had a great day here in Hawaii, was a cloudy day. Didn't see the sun once. Sometimes though these are the best days! Me and my mom got up and got dressed and then headed down to the club for breakfast. Had some cereal and berries and then we went to Zumba. It's my most favorite part of the week! They have a new instructor here though, but luckily she seems nice and has some fun different songs. The old instructor was the best and we miss her. After Zumba we came back up to the house and sat in the hot tub all day. It was a great day!
Tonight they are having a party down at the beach club with dinner and a band. This week was kukio's men's and women's golf tournament and this is the end of the week party. We didn't play in the golf tournament but anyone can go to the party, it's not a "golf party". I'm pretty excited as everyone says the band is really good. I'll let u know more tomorrow!!
Speaking of tomorrow, my dad gets to town!! Really excited for him to get here.
Ok, gotta go get ready for the party, talk to u all later!!
Thanks for reading!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
3.1.12 hawaii
Hey everyone!
Well I am in Hawaii now! So glad to be here, yes I am writing this by the pool. I figured I had a little time until the hot tub heated up (r u jealous yet???). Haha. Well, I had quite the adventure getting here. I actually left Omaha last Wednesday, but didnt get here until Thursday. Let me back up......my flight was supposed to leave Omaha around noon. David was gonna work from home and then drive me to the airport around ten. So I got up, showered, threw a few things in my carry on (I had nothing to pack bc I have clothes, makeup, etc. all over here), checked my flight online and then headed to the airport. When I got to the counter the lady looked at me like I was dumb and said,"did u not know ur flight was cancelled?". Well obviously NOT!!! Dumb question. I then asked a million questions and the reality hit that this was going to be an even longer day then I had planned! The cancellation of the flight was due to winds in Denver, not even snow! Well, the crazy thing was that they cancelled my noon flight, but had only delayed the 10:30 flight. So I was booked on that flight no problem and things were looking up.
Made it to Denver to find out my flight to San Fran was delayed an hour - this may sound like no biggie, but I only had an hour in between flights there! I got to the counter and they said it should be no problem, they would hold the plane bc there r 16 ppl on my flight needing to catch the kona flight! Again, things r looking up! I headed to McDonald's then to grab some lunch (obviously!) and hung out at the gate. We boarded the plane right when they said (and I got upgraded to first class!) so my day was working out perfect. On the plane I text everyone saying my connection is tight, so u won't hear from me until I land in kona, and then we start to take off. The plane is full speed ahead, about to lift up any second, and we SLAM on the breaks. Yes, this was a little scary. I have had aborted landings, but never a takeoff! I knew I was doomed. The pilot came on and said they got a wind sheer warning and had to abort - problem being the breaks and wheels r too hot to take off again! Aghhhhh!!! We had to go back to the gate so a mechanic could tell us when it was safe to go again, not to mention the run way was all backed up bc all kinds of planes were off schedule.
Well, we finally made it to San Fran and had to go to a hotel for the night. They booked me on a flight first thing the next morning. As I was leaving the customer service counter, with my new boarding passes in hand (which, were no longer first class....a story though for another day b/c I did end up getting upgraded last minute!), I found a friend who had been on my Denver flight, who was holding all the same paper work as me and getting out her cell phone to call to find a hotel room (which was NOT being paid for by the airline - I understand that their policy is if its weather related they don't pay - but come on people - we were about to TAKE OFF and had to abort a take off). I asked my new friend (who was like my mom's age) if she was on the Kona flight, she said yes, and I asked her to hand me her phone when she was done booking so I could just go to the same hotel as her. Anyways, $150 later on my credit card I was at the Embassey Suites in San Fran. It was nice to have a friend to find the shuttle to the hotel with, and meet in the morning. Needless to say, it was a VERY long day and I didn't get here until 12:30 the next day. I have many stories I can tell you about this trip, but will save them for another day as to not bore you =)
Thank you all for reading!
Hugs,
Kathryn
Well I am in Hawaii now! So glad to be here, yes I am writing this by the pool. I figured I had a little time until the hot tub heated up (r u jealous yet???). Haha. Well, I had quite the adventure getting here. I actually left Omaha last Wednesday, but didnt get here until Thursday. Let me back up......my flight was supposed to leave Omaha around noon. David was gonna work from home and then drive me to the airport around ten. So I got up, showered, threw a few things in my carry on (I had nothing to pack bc I have clothes, makeup, etc. all over here), checked my flight online and then headed to the airport. When I got to the counter the lady looked at me like I was dumb and said,"did u not know ur flight was cancelled?". Well obviously NOT!!! Dumb question. I then asked a million questions and the reality hit that this was going to be an even longer day then I had planned! The cancellation of the flight was due to winds in Denver, not even snow! Well, the crazy thing was that they cancelled my noon flight, but had only delayed the 10:30 flight. So I was booked on that flight no problem and things were looking up.
Made it to Denver to find out my flight to San Fran was delayed an hour - this may sound like no biggie, but I only had an hour in between flights there! I got to the counter and they said it should be no problem, they would hold the plane bc there r 16 ppl on my flight needing to catch the kona flight! Again, things r looking up! I headed to McDonald's then to grab some lunch (obviously!) and hung out at the gate. We boarded the plane right when they said (and I got upgraded to first class!) so my day was working out perfect. On the plane I text everyone saying my connection is tight, so u won't hear from me until I land in kona, and then we start to take off. The plane is full speed ahead, about to lift up any second, and we SLAM on the breaks. Yes, this was a little scary. I have had aborted landings, but never a takeoff! I knew I was doomed. The pilot came on and said they got a wind sheer warning and had to abort - problem being the breaks and wheels r too hot to take off again! Aghhhhh!!! We had to go back to the gate so a mechanic could tell us when it was safe to go again, not to mention the run way was all backed up bc all kinds of planes were off schedule.
Well, we finally made it to San Fran and had to go to a hotel for the night. They booked me on a flight first thing the next morning. As I was leaving the customer service counter, with my new boarding passes in hand (which, were no longer first class....a story though for another day b/c I did end up getting upgraded last minute!), I found a friend who had been on my Denver flight, who was holding all the same paper work as me and getting out her cell phone to call to find a hotel room (which was NOT being paid for by the airline - I understand that their policy is if its weather related they don't pay - but come on people - we were about to TAKE OFF and had to abort a take off). I asked my new friend (who was like my mom's age) if she was on the Kona flight, she said yes, and I asked her to hand me her phone when she was done booking so I could just go to the same hotel as her. Anyways, $150 later on my credit card I was at the Embassey Suites in San Fran. It was nice to have a friend to find the shuttle to the hotel with, and meet in the morning. Needless to say, it was a VERY long day and I didn't get here until 12:30 the next day. I have many stories I can tell you about this trip, but will save them for another day as to not bore you =)
Thank you all for reading!
Hugs,
Kathryn
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