1st Flight

Hey there!

So right now John and I are spending our last night in Charleston, SC. I haven't posted because we have been having WAY too much fun with our cousins Justin & Jen (and over the weekend, Aunt Wendy, Uncle Joe, my cousin Lauren and her boyfriend Adam).

So I was nervous about the flight due to the fact that I still get motion sickness. But it was wonderful! I slept during taxi and takeoff (like I normally do). We even hit a little bit of turbulence, but it didn't bother me. Landing was good....hooray!

We got off the plane and I was hungry. Lately I've learned that I need to eat when my body tells me (I really shouldn't even wait until then). Well Charleston airport does not have the eating choices that O'Hare does...so we just got a smoothie...okay fine. We stood in line for a long time at the Avis car rental (in the meantime we saw some random dude throw up...yuck!)....and finally got our car.

We started driving and saw that our hotel was only 15 minutes away...so we waited to eat...since we didn't know where we were and all... So I started getting nauseous. John kept pointing out these pretty sights and cool bridges. My eyes were sealed shut, my head resting just lovely on my neck pillow and I was breathing with clenched teeth. Just a little longer. Well then we hit downtown traffic. Stop and go. Not my type of thing (or the baby's). So while stopped John suggested that I just get out of the car if I felt too bad. Well I did. Luckily by the time I jumped out and ran to a bush, I already felt better. John drove to the nearest corner and waited for me. I sat on a bench while people stared at me...probably thinking that we just had a fight or something. Luckily since I'm showing, I started showing off my belly and rubbing it. :) I walked to the corner where John was and demanded that we eat. Well we were hoping to eat at some nice South Carolina restaurant as our first meal. On the corner where we were was 'Norm's'. It was quite a dive of a place, but we went with it. Apparently we were in a collegetown (near a hospital) so there were lots of doctors in there. We ate our food...it was okay, but not quite the amazing first meal we hoped for. :)

I still wasn't feeling 100% so I asked John how far away the hotel was....he said 4 blocks...I said "I'll see ya there". So I walked on the sidewalk while John drove beside me (for most of the time). Finally his traffic picked up, but by the time he parked, I had been waiting for him! Then I felt much better not having to get in a car again!

So first flight - good.
First drive after first flight - not good.

:)