Leaving Anacortes

I have to leave today, boo hoo. I just made sure everything was packed up this morning, including Fred having to sit on my suitcase to zip it up. I bought a thank you card for my Mom and Fred, and a sea salt and a chili dark chocolate Lindt candy bar for them. I hid them between some pillows for my Mom to find later (which she did). Then they drove me up to the corner to meet the shuttle. I was there about 20 mins early, and so was the shuttle. So just hung out until it was ready to leave. I was the only one being picked up at this stop. Between the ferry and a gas station in town, another 8 people were picked up. We had to stop 2 more places to make sure there were no walk-ins, which there weren’t. And we arrived at Sea-Tac on time around 3:45pm. I checked my bag, and boarding wasn’t until 4:55pm, so I had time to grab my dinner at Ivar’s as I had hoped. So I grabbed a cup of clam chowder and fried shrimp and chips “to go” so I could eat it at the gate. Went and sat down and chowed down. I ran to the bathroom at about 4:45pm and they were already boarding when I got out. I was on the plane, in my seat, before 5pm. Wow, that never happens. We weren’t supposed to depart until 5:29pm. I ended up with a window seat, and a woman sat on the aisle. I looked at her and said, “You were on the shuttle weren’t you?”, which she was. The seat between us was never filled, nice! And she and I chatted the whole way about her business (horseback riding ranch, Turtle Head Farm) on Orcas Island, her daughter being away at St Mary’s which is why she was flying down, my current situation and aspirations, our travel histories, her brother being VERY into Orca protection, etc. We basically chatted until we went our separate ways at the baggage claim. Very nice lady. Then I called my Dad and he picked me up. Nala was very happy to see me when I got home, and I checked in with everyone to say I made it home safely. Just catching up on a few of my shows that I missed, before I crash.