In the Middle

I borded the plane headed to Colorado just after 11am yesterday morning and placed my carry-on in the overhead cabinet and took my seat - 15F. Shortly thereafter a middle-aged man came up to my row,
"You have the window seat?"
"Yes" as I pulled out my ticket
"So do I..."
"15F"
"This is row 16 - it's ok, I'll just take your spot."
I could've sworn I was in the right row but sure enough; I looked across the isle at a 16.
Neither his row nor mine had anyone else in them yet, so I was curious to see how I had changed my fate. Interestingly enough, a quite hansom young man slided into the chair beside me.
Just kidding :)

Two women filled my row and two men filled his. His row slept the whole way and mine chatted the whole hour and forty something minutes. Nice switch.

We arrived a minute early (which they felt necessary to post), and I stepped off the plane into the sea of tourists roaming the terminal. I knew I had to take a train to get me to the main terminal, where I would be meeting Nell (this idea alone made me nervous about not having a cell phone on me - - I lost it just before leaving!). God, in His infinite mercy, placed a United employee in my view just before stepping onto the train who was able to direct me in the way to go. I found Nell after having only a few seconds of blank-facedly scanning the other picker-uppers.

Nell and I (and her whole family) got along great! If the Gulicks are anything like them I'll be in good hands - fortunately for me they are like best friends, so that bodes well.

That night we made great cabobs along with a delightful fruit salad, and I had the pleasure of tasting Kyle's (Nell's husband) famous dip. A - MAZE- ING. We had a chill evening just chatting and looking at pictures, but this morning there just weren't enough hours to get everything done! The Gulicks think it would be a good idea for me to bring a laptop along for communication purposes, so I might be looking at getting a netbook ( a small, cheap laptop just for internet) and then selling it in Argentina for the same price at the end of the trip since electronics are more expensive. Hm. We'll see.

I will be spending tonight and tomorrow night at a camp with a bunch of the OC missionaries and staff (and kids!) - they are rock-climbing tomorrow!!! For those of you who don't know; I've been rock-climbing lately, so that's pretty cool.

Peace.