Lessons Learned

So spring break ended and i have decided that if college doesn't work for me i could either become a flight attendant because you get to wear heels, smile, talk about barf-bags, oh and i made friends with a pilot! :) And after all of the flying we did i pretty much have the little safety speech down. If that doesn't work i could just become a comedian because i have 18 yrs of insanity stored up that makes for some rather ammusing stories (compliments of my grandparents of course! mainly my grandpa) Spending a week with them was eye-opening... no it was fun over all but it did have its moments.

Chelsea's traveling lessons...

• People's true colors surface while traveling, this may or may not be a good thing. i'm not sure if this applies to the whole 4 am travel thing or not.

• 47 lbs. will allow two girls to pack - 2 pairs of running shoes, 3 magazines, 2 bibles, a devo book, sunblock, an ice pack, 2 blow dryers, 1 hair straightner, 1 curling iron, 1 beach towel, and all of our hair products, bathroom stuff, and makeup.... now if that's not sad i don't know what is...

• when booking your flights you should really think about what time it means you're going to have to wake up to get to the airport on time... 2:15 am is not the ideal wake up. however there is little traffic on the road at that time so it's not all bad

• when letting your grandpa drive you should be aware that he's not the only one driving... you are as well, just not behind the wheel! it's more backseat driving paired with hanging on for your life. yikes!!
• this is a fun one... airport security - although it is impossible to take a little thing of vasaline on the plane with you in your carry-one, you can take lotion and even a razor... crazy i know since both items are on the banned list. once you are on the plane it is best to not yell at the top of your lungs "i have lotion" when your traveling buddy says "man my hands are dry"... you should also make sure the flight attendant is not in the row behind you when you scream this

• when cute possibly mute boy sitting next to you spills his drink on your lap, you simply smile and just say "it's ok, really".... you suddenly will learn that he is not mute and should hide the look of shock that has just spread across your face... also when he goes to place his napkin on your leg you should just take the napkin from him, this will be an attempt to prevent an awkward situation.. less awkward for you...not the same for him.

• When sitting at the gate waiting to start boarding the airplane, you should put a lot of thought into were you'd like to sit, this one pertains to girls, because guys just have to wait til the girl is sitting down. you should either pick a spot full of familys or on the end of a row where there are no seats near you... if you don't do this it will result in quite the following of creepy men sitting down near you and looking at you, watching your every move. occasionally you'll get one the the newspaper peepers- my personal fav. these are the guys who act like they are reading the paper but keep peeking out from the side of from the top to look at you, it's especially neat when the paper is upside down...

• When your ticket says United Express it does not mean nice big plane..no it means small cramped 50 person jet.

• If you feel so inclined as to take a peak at the playlist on the cute guys ipod you should remember that it's important to contain your laughter. especially at 6 am. Not everyone one is ready to be made fun of for having spice girls on their ipod... also because it is so early chances are you are likely to fall asleep on the airplane, however when you wake up to find the guys face just inches from yours with his mouth wide open and oh so fresh morning breath surrounding you... don't scream, simply turn the other way... actually just turn and look at the seat back in front of you because chances are you're going to come across that same open mouthed, glazed over sleeping look on your friends face.

being stuck in seats B and E suck... oh the amazing middle seat! you don't even get to look out the window and if you have to pee... hold it cuz typically the lucky aisle seat person... is asleep. and attempting to crawl over them is well... quite an experience.

this one is compliments of my roomie- when you see a group of rather attractive males, and only one of them is not good looking/ is significantly over weight...don't get your hopes up because he will be the one sitting next to you...

• Once you have finally reached you vacation destination and you are waiting to claim your luggage, remain calm while your grandpa tells your life story to whom ever is standing near....

• Also, if the first question you are asked by your grandparents is regaurding your love life, and why you are currently single... just smile and let it go... chances are there will be something much better to get mad about later in the week.

• Sleeping in is not an option... if you attempt it you might have a bell rung in your face... this of course will only happen on sunday morning when it is crucial that you are up and awake, so that you can go to church to see the whole SAU baseball team. Also, know that when your grandpa says he's going over 45 min early to save seats... he's really going over to let the team know you are there and are terribly excited to see all of them.

• Look cute when you go to the beach, that whole roll out of bed and go thing is not an option, because pictures will be taken... and they will be shown all over... ( learned this the hard way :( )