NYC 2010 - Day 5

Well my trip to NYC is complete. Day 5 started out late as we had to wait to have our luggage picked up (or so we thought) to be checked with the hotel while we had a few more hours out in the big city. So after we got that taken care of, we decided to spend the rainy day inside at the Museum of Modern Art. When we first arrived there was a line around the corner...I guess everyone had our same idea...but the line actually moved quickly and we made it inside after about a 20 minute wait. We saw lots of great artwork and probably could have spent a few more hours in there.

After the museum we went and had a slice of pizza and then went back to the hotel to start getting everything together to head to the airport. So about 5pm we were finally off to the airport. Once we got there we actually made it to check in and thru security pretty quickly. Now I was incredibly surprised that there was not very many food options once you got to the gates. I mean hello...so many large flights go out of LGA and you expect people to be full on just a pretzel as they wait for 2 hours for their flight and then 4 hours in the air?! Craziness! Then as I sit at the gate and wait for the plane to arrive, I figured I would get on the laptop and go ahead and upload my pics...not so much! You have to freaking pay for wifi at the freakin airport. Are you kidding me?! You want me to pay $15 for wifi for an hour? I think not! So I start entertaining myself by playing computer games and as I do, the plane delays begin. Our plane must have been delayed from where ever it was coming in from, because it showed up to the airport an hour late. Then of course they had to de-board, clean the plane, and then we were finally able to board the plane. By this time we are 45 min past the time that we were originally scheduled to take off. We finally get on the plane and they begin to back out of the gate when we immediately stopped. We wait at the gate for another 20 min. Finally they come over the speaker and let us know that they had phone issues and finally had that fixed and we should be taking off shortly. Well of course by this time we have completely lost our place in line, so we waiting on the tarmac for about 45 min. Finally an hour and a half past the time that we were originally scheduled to leave we are up in the air. We had a pretty bumpy flight at first, and my poor mom gets really scared when there is turbulence. So I held her hand (as she pretty much ripped mine off) until we got thru it. It was smooth sailing...flying...after that! I've always loved flying and I always have so much fun looking out the window and looking at the different things in the sky. Last night I got to watch the lightening in the clouds which I thought was pretty cool. Finally 4 hours later...we are home in Dallas!!! I was so exhausted (and hungry) but so incredibly excited to be home!!!

Overall I had a wonderful trip and I had so much fun with my mom. I can't wait to go on our next trip and I can tell you I will never wait 2 years between vacations again!!!