Quick update on our trip since we left Calgary in 2011(apparently I’m unsure of the year as well). We got on the most comfortable, spacious airplane I have ridden on. Just kidding, it was so tight that I had to talk myself down from a claustrophobic anxiety attack. We sat 4 abreast and my feet swelled to the point they could have exploded. Not pretty. Darian (as I mentioned she is awful flyer) was going to not take pills, ya that happened until we reached an altitude of 150 feet and she starts chewing Adavan like they were Bottle Caps. 2 Ativan, 1 Melatonin and 3 bottles of red wine and suddenly she is Elon Musk. She was high giving people high fives when we were experiencing turbulence. It was like the best road trip she’s ever been on. We are calling her Atavarian. When you talk to her one eye wouldn’t open but that was a small sacrifice we all were willing to accept to not have her screaming hysterically during the entire flight.
Short stop over in Amsterdam (which, honestly, takes People Watching to a whole new level) and back onto a plane to Aberdeen. It is testament to the level of medication/alcohol Darian was on that she thought it was hilarious when we had to abort our landing and try again. But I have to give a shout out to the 25 hairs that were 4 inches long that were growing out of the Asian’s face mole that was sitting beside us in Amsterdam. I’m totally going to relax about plucking. I’m sure it a cultural thing so when I do my Ancestry DNA I’m going to be 5% Asian (my drinking eyes have foretold this genetic connection).
Anyway, landed in Aberdeen and I’m so excited to see Dekker (and in my world he is as excited as I am) and then we land and.....no Dekker...... The little fucker is touring in Aberdeen and we have to wait for him. While we wait for him we got the vehicle we rented. I had nightmares about the vehicle we are getting - visions of us packed into a Prius with the luggage on a roof rack - but we have Skoda (I believe Skoda Kodiaq means Colassal Chariot) and we can all fit with our luggage far more comfortably than KLM. But that is only the first part of the journey - now Ryan has to drive through Aberdeen - with other vehicles- and multiple traffic circles. I think that bungee jumping is less of a adrenaline rush.
We are in our flat in Stonehaven and it is wonderful. We are across from a field full of sheep. We wanted Darian to go Mutton Busting. I think it still may be an option, she is going to pet one, it will try to run away from her and she will chase that fucker down.
We went for a fabulous lunch (okay in the spirit of honesty - I had no idea of what meal we were eating - it was Dekker’s breakfast and I thought it was supper) and Ryan and Darian were both falling asleep during the meal. But to be fair we had been up for 26 hours, so we came back and Ryan crashed. Then we let Mike drive when we drove for groceries and he is awesome. He did so well! Came back and we lost another soldier - Darian crashed. Mike, Dekker and I stayed up and had some drinks.......until I crashed.......at 5:00......P.M.!! So Ryan and I woke up and I was so happy to realize it was 5:30 a.m. except it wasn’t. IT WAS 10:00 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT!! So we all got up and met Dekker at the pub at 11:00 pm and had drinks. So now it’s 2:30 in the morning on Tuesday, September 24, 2015. Right?
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