ramada boston

the first good thing to happen on this trip: free internet. brian, the guy at the front desk, had a good laugh because he's not used to guests being excited about the internet connection. they're usually happy about the complimentary breakfast.

what are the events that led to this moment? let's see...

1. slept through most of a 14-hour flight (from hong kong to neward) that didn't have a good selection of movies and tv shows. i was looking forward to watching the 3 episodes of house but the channel carrying it wasn't available. one bonus: the window seat next to me wasn't taken so i had more space :)
2. endured my seatmate's extremely foul breath. i tried to ignore it, but it was impossible. every time he yawned, the horrible smell traveled to my nose. unbelievable.
   
3. waited 6 hours for the connecting flight to boston. spent some of it watching episodes of my boys on my laptop. the rest of the time i was asleep.
4. arriving in boston and discovering that the agent who was supposed to pick us up wasn't there. when i called the shipping line, i was told that she'd retired. what's up with that? so i had to call the ramada and request for a shuttle.
5. when we got to the ramada, there was one room lacking. poor guy had to bunk with the other two. and there were no instructions about pick-up time the next day so i had to find that out, too.

like i said, the free internet connection is the first good thing to happen today.

tomorrow morning at 8 we're going to be picked up and brought to the dock. still don't have the butterflies in my stomach. maybe tomorrow?