Monday, September 27, 2010

East Coast - Days 1&2

Aww man I'm already slacking on this trip!  Bad Melissa!

My flight to Baltimore was pretty uneventful. I was exhausted after only sleeping 2.5 hours so I slept almost the entire plane ride!  I read my Kindle for probably an hour total.  My only gripe so far: you have to turn the Kindle off for take off/landing!  So annoying!


I landed in Baltimore a little early, around 5pm.  I was excited to be there and see Ann Marie but it took 1.5 hours to get my stupid rental car!  The process was slow and they were super busy.  I got a Dodge Caliber, the same car i had in Napa earlier this year.  That car is a trip...its very small but when you sit in the driver seat you feel like you are in a full sized SUV!  The seat sits so high. I'm always shocked when I step out.

Anyways, I got to AM's house and we caught the last quarter of the Charger's loss.  After we got some 5 Guys burgers and fries and hung out until 1am talking (and watching the new Dexter!)  I slept in til 10am EST and then met AM for some Jimmy Johns.  I got on the road at around noon, and Google Maps said i had almost 6 hours of driving ahead of me!

The rain was horrible at first, i could barely see the car in front of me. It slowed down after 30 mins.  I made one stop for gas and got to NC by 5pm.  Not bad.  Still raining (with thunder and lightening) but not as bad. The house is HUGE.  It has a theatre room, elevator, pool...i'll take photos tomorrow. The beach looks beautiful, exactly how i pictured it.

I met everyone who is attending the workshop tonight too.  Seems like a really great group of people so far!  I'm rooming with a girl named Maggie Stolzberg who seems really sweet. We have a mutual friend too...a guy I went to college with! 

I'm super excited for tomorrow!  I hope it stops raining.

An iPhone shot from the plane...with the tilt shift generator

1 comment:

  1. I have a nice cover for my Kindle that makes it look much more like a book. As long as the Wispernet connection is turned off- it poses no threat to the plane during takeoff and landing. That said, the stewards do not understand this and still ask you to shut it off- so that's where the disguise comes in handy. It also protects the Kindle too if you drop it.

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