Due to the last minute decision, Ping could not get tickets at reasonable price that leaves from Lansing. So Ping flew out from Detroit instead. Since Detroit is an hour plus away, Ping had to rent a car and drive to Detroit. Ping didn't feel comfortable leaving her car in the airport for 3 weeks. Steph dropped Ping off at
Capitol City airport where
Ping rented a car from Hertz –
Hyundai Elantra. It is a really nice car as the stearing is small and the seat can be heightened but it doesn’t feel as stable as
Ping’s Honda on the freeway. It was raining as
Ping approaches
Detroit, which made
Ping more nervous as
Ping felt like the car was swaying. But
Ping arrived
Detroit airport safely and in time to catch
Ping’s flight to
Phoenix. The flight from
Detroit to
Phoenix was bad for
Ping. It wasn’t due to the weather but
Ping could not sleep and was uncomfortable all the way. Furthermore, there were two girls who were chattering about their horoscope and were laughing so loud that everytime
Ping dove off, their laughter woke
Ping up. But eventually they were hushed by some other passengers nearby. They also showed “
You, Me and Dupree“ but
Ping did not buy the headphones so could not listen to it. Guessing from the actions and reading their lips, it seems like a nice movie.
Ping thinks that Matt Dillon mumbles when he talks because
Ping could not guess a single thing that comes out from his mouth. It always looks like he mumbles rather talk.
The wait at Phoenix is only an hour. The first thing Ping saw when arriving at Phoenix airport is California Pizza Kitchen. Ping was tempted to get it but Ping wanted to look for the boarding gate first. When Ping found the gate, the pizza place was too far and Ping was too tired to walk back. Ping typed this up while Ping was in LAX. They had online connection but you have to pay for it so this is a delayed post. The layover at LAX is definitely not comfortable because of the metal chairs. The comfortable chairs are only found after you pass the security check-point but they wouldn't allow Ping to enter 4 hours before the boarding time. Ping can already foresee her whole body aching tomorrow morning. This is the third time Ping transits at LAX and the lights of the city as we approach the airport still amaze Ping. It’s like the entire city is still awake at this wee hours in the morning, which Ping suspect is true although Ping have never stayed around at night in this city.
Besides the uncomfortable seat, it was freezing cold. These two combinations meant that Ping barely sleep all night. Could only doze off every 30 minutes. Closer to dawn, Ping got a cup of hot chocolate from Euro Coffee and it definitely did a good job at heating Ping up.
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