Flight From hell.... to paradise

I am so glad to be blogging from the hot city of Phoenix. :-) I am finally here! It felt that i was never going to get here. For a short recap, the crap weather in Milwaukee was trying to ruin my Holiday. I was at the airport at 6 in the morning, on a stand-by ticket. The airport was packed, and i was told that there was no way that i was going to get out of Milwaukee. I told that lady that i had to get out and that i was going to try if it killed me. So as i am in the ginormous line at security, i was thinking of ways to play on fellow passengers sympathy so i can get on the damn plane. I was thinking of faking a death in the family but the last time i tried pulling that grandma move, mine did actually get sick, But she didn't die thank god! I know this was an evil thought of mine but seriously i have been working like a crazy person and just needed my Poodle time. If you have not met Poodle you would love him!!!!! So back to the airport mess. all the flights from the night before did not go out due to weather and we did not yet even have a plane to board even if the weather was good enough to leave! Nightmare! So, you all know how random people start to tell their life stories? Yeah i had one right next to me also on stand-by waiting with her two kids. She told me how her gay cousin died and that she is on the way out to see his lover, blah blah blah. Then she goes on to tell me how she is broke and her kids are hungry and that she is thirsty but cant afford anything, that she has no money in the bank.... CA CHING!!!! light bulb! Being the good Samaritan that i am i gave her $10 to feed her and er overly feed kids!(side note: i know its mean but to be honest i think she may have been a little bit of a con-artist, and her kids could have lived for a few days of of themselves...if you know what i mean)  So she takes the money, gets them the the most unhealthy food that the airport could offer, and stuff their faces in front of me.( side note: if sure you could all figure out where i was going with this pay it forward moment... this was my good karma chance to get on that damn plane) After being at the airport at 6 there was finally a plane for the people who had tickets to board at 1:00.  Ugh! i have been waiting for 7 hours in the germ infested terminal i was going to lose it. Then i realized as the last rows were boarding and i was not getting on this plane, i had to pee. I went came back out and they asked what my name was, i was ON!!!!!!! OMG!!! i couldn't believe it! It felt like a cross between winning the lottery and getting called down to be a contestant on the Price IS Right. So i am here, and i am getting tan! But i do miss all of you...