Day 9 - Flying, again....arg

So, I'm going to start this post now and finish it as my flight day continues given the opportunities, considering how my day has already started.

First off, I woke up at 4:28 am ON MY OWN - seriously, 2 minutes before the wake up call. You better bet that I snoozed for those two minutes. But seriously, how did I wake up that early on my own. Very bizarre.

I hustled to get ready and got down to the lobby after hugging Uncle Lenox's neck has he leaned out his door in his Gator pjs, at 5:01 am and saw the tail lights of the shuttle start to pull away. Aunt Dottie helped get my suitcase down so we ran out side to catch them. The hotel radioed for them to stop and I managed to jump on board after a quick hug and thank you.

I got to the airport a little more than 2 hours before my flight, and it was a good thing. When I got to the check-in counter, they informed me that my name was similar enough to a name on the Wanted/Black List and they had to take my passport for approval. Kind of freaked out about handing my passport to an agent to take it to another part of the airport, I stood in a foreign country (yes, Canada counts for foreign) for a good 20 minutes. She came back and finished my processing and put me on my way, but that was the longest 20 minutes ever!

I moved along to a long customs line, but got a much nicer agent then when I arrived - friendly even. The line moved slow and I saw it grow and grow behind me. I was glad I made it on the 5am shuttle and beat the rush. After customs, I had to go through security, where they took the small lotion bottle Aunt Dottie gave me and sent me on my way.

I picked up Tim Hortons (of course) and called my family to warn them about the long customs line and to let my Aunt Edwina know about the name issue. Her full name is Sarah Edwina Kelley, so I thought she should know about the whole Wanted/BlackList thing.

I am preparing to board my flight, so I better take my tranquillizers as Paul calls them!