The morning started by getting up and getting ready, like the usual day. Megan was kind enough to get the car warmed up, which takes no time since it is 86 degrees when we wake up. She took me to the train station, which is close to our house, yet, took a good 20-30 minutes to get to. Once there, I sat and waited by myself on the lonely train that would take me to Ft. Lauderdale airport. At first, I was excited that the train was empty, but then, people started coming on. At each stop more and more people were loading onto it for a ride to work. After stopping at about 8 stations, we finally got to where I was getting off. Lugging around two huge suitcases was quite difficult when given about 15 seconds to get off the train before the door would slam shut on you.
After I got off the train, I sat on a shuttle and waited for a good 15 minutes for no one else to come. You would think that when no one else is even in sight, it is a good clue no one else is going to get on. So, I sat there with the shuttle driver, listening to her horrible music as we just sat. Finally we took off and she got me to the airport just in time to get checked in and catch my flight.
Once again I was in an airport, the best place to "people-watch" other than the beach, and I didn't even have time to sit and watch people. Every stage of my travel I was cutting it way too close for comfort.
The plane ride went as quick as three hours can (exactly three hours) as I sat by an old couple from Omaha, NE who had lived the majority of their lives in Wichita. It was fun to chat with people from the home state once again, since I haven't been able to lately. It was also fun to see white, English speaking people again. It is so weird to see people from my own culture, as I never do much in Miami, except the people I am living with, but even they don't have the same sub-culture of Kansas that these people on the plane and I do.
When the plane landed, I was greeted by two great friends who were in Chicago, and going to the wedding. However, since I am cutting everything close, it didn't give us much time to get to Goshen before the rehearsal started for the wedding. However, I made it just as the introductions were being finished and the pastor was praying. Perfect timing if you ask me. No embarrassing introductions! Wrong! Of course the pastor looks up and sees a huge person trying to sneak in and makes a big deal out of who it was. I had to introduce myself in front of EVERYONE. Something I LOVE doing, let me tell you. Even after this, the rehearsal went great and the diner went even better. It is good to be back with the people you love, and back to my real paradise. Even though I went through about 80 degrees of change in 3 short hours!
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