Getting Home

Sunday,4/30 - We arrived at LA, and had to find out where our gate was. We only had about1/2 hr to get there. Turned out it was down this big hallway, turn right, downthe escalator to a smaller hallway, take the elevator up to another smallhallway, then through a doorway to a small room that had 2 gates in it. Inearly missed it because I saw 'Gate 41B' before I noticed 'Gate 41A'. Weneeded 41A. We sat down in the cramped quarters to wait, and I got my sweaterout of the carry-on suitcase and put it in my carry-on bag. In case the nextplane was also cold. The boarding ramp to the plane was extra long andconvoluted, but eventually, we got to the plane. We didn't get to sit togetherhere, either. I shoved my cpap and bag under the seat in front of me, buckledmy seat belt, and tried to get some sleep. This was another 5-hr trip, to Orlando.Shortly after take-off, the staff came around with cookies and drinks. Since Ihadn't had any breakfast, I made the most of it. I think I managed to doze someof the time. Shortly before landing, staff came around again to offer coffee orwater. I should have taken the water; my sinuses felt completely parched, but Ipassed.

We claimedour baggage and went to find our shuttle for our parking lot. It took somedoing, but we finally connected with it. The shuttle driver was not the mostpleasant person in the world. Our car had been sitting in the hot sun for overa week, and the remote clicker wouldn't work; we had to open all the doors withthe key. Then as we drove home, we kept hearing the locking mechanisms goingoff and on. John finally got it to stop by hitting the 'lock' button on hisdoor handle. Our first place for stopping to eat was super busy, so we went toour 2nd choice and got something to take home with us. Watched an hour of tvwhile we ate and went to bed about 9 pm.

PS.Monday, 5/1 - we discovered we had both come home with covid.