Seattle

This morning has been quite eventful and I am extremely happy to finally be sitting down and resting before my next flight.

My morning started off fairly rough. Yesterday our car broke down and I wasn't sure I would have a way to the airport, but thankfully I am an AMAZING cousin who go up at 5AM to take me. The flight from Lansing to Detroit was in a really small plane and I did not think I would be as scared as I was. I consider myself to be a pretty fearless person but for the take off and landing I was litterly clutching the armrests. But before I knew it it was over and I was in Detroit.

My favorite thing about the Detroit airport is this tunnel they have with moving sidewalks. It is light up on all sides and the lights pulse to the music that's being played. I took a couple pictures and will hopefully be able to attatch them. The flight from Detroit to Seattle was much more comfortable. I met a really nice man named Chris, who was on his way to visit his daughter who goes to the university in downtown Seattle. Sometimes I lose a little bit of faith that there are still good and kind people out there, who as just that way without and provocation, and this gentleman reminded me that they do exist.

What I learned about Chris is that he has two daughters, one who is pre-nursing, here in Seattle, who is 18 and one who is 22 and ready to get married to a man in the Airforce. His wife is an artist who combines photography and media design. But most interestingly, he himself, is the dean of a University in Virginia, whose real passion is teaching sky diving on the weekends. He was a truely kind person and the more he talked the more he reminded me of my own dad. The way he described his daughters was much like me and my sister. One daughter who was studying in school, who was more think him, and one who was ready for marriage and more like his wife. I noticed that with the more we talked the more I brought up my dad. Eventually he asked me if I got to see my dad often, and I could tell her felt a little sorry for me when I told him no. He seemed like such a good father, he went on and on about how excited he was to see his daughter and how he missed her everyday. It was almost a feeling of jealousy that came from hearing it all But I was also thankful for such a kind person to be sitting with me.

So right now I am waiting for my flight from Seattle to Honolulu. It has already been a few hours but it will be a few more before I can actually board the plane. I am excited for the rest of this journey and nervous at the same time.