We left Tuesday, October 14th for Los Angeles. The flight was pretty uneventful, except for a couple of protests from Marlee June. She doesn't understand why she can't walk up and down the aisles and show people how cute she is. We arrived at LAX to discover that the airline didn't put one of our bags on the plane. They tracked it down in Atlanta and agreed to put it on a later flight and deliver it to our hotel. By the time the luggage crisis was solved and we picked up our rental car, we were running late for the check-in at our hotel. Instead of staying with the rest of Michael's team at a flea-bag motel, we had made our own reservations. I called to let them know we were running late and was told our reservation had been cancelled for a no show the day before. Originally, we were arriving on Monday. When I called to change to Tuesday, they just made a note in the comments section and didn't change the reservation itself. The hotel admitted their mistake, but didn't have anywhere for us to stay. So we were driving around LA, lost, missing a suitcase and without a hotel reservation. Needless to say, I was majorly stressed. I called my dad to see if he could get online and find something for us. He stays at Marriotts on all his travels, so he pulled some strings to get us a room at the Courtyard in Beverly Hills. It was great, but we couldn't afford to stay there for two weeks, so it was a temporary plan. Thanks to the awesome GPS on our iPhones, we arrived at the hotel...finally! We checked in, got to our room, and remembered that our lost bag was being delivered to the other hotel. A few phone calls and some begging and problem solved...the courrier would bring it to our new hotel.
The time in LA was okay. Michael was pretty miserable, working 16 hour days, even on weekends. Marlee and I did a few fun things, including The Aquarium of the Pacific. She had such a great time...she walked around for hours saying, "Fish, fish, fish." I think she would have been happy to stay all day.
Another day, we went to the Santa Monica Pier and beach.
Sunday the 19th was our six year wedding anniversary. Michael was able to leave work around 5, and we all went to Downtown Disney for the evening. Our plan was to stay to watch the fireworks, but we were all too tired to stay that late. So we just had dinner and some treats, including a snickerdoodle cookie for Marlee. I don't usually give her sweets , so she was beside herself. Michael has a picture on his phone, so I'll get moreit soon and post it.
To Be Continued...
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Oh I LOVE the last picture!!
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