This Makes Me Laugh: February Overnights of Extreme Awesomeness

In February I was on reserve, which means that J ended up with some decent trips with his seniority. One trip in particular was purposely bid. The overnights were DCA (Reagan National) and SAN (San Diego).

We both finally ended up on the trip (after much work trying to move my reserve block) but it all sorted itself out and off we went!

Our first overnight was relatively short (only 13 hours) but we had some work to pack in to it. We landed, made our way to the hotel, and immediately changed and made our way to the metro station. We had a date with Teddy Roosevelt at the Old Ebbitt Grill in D.C. At the Old Ebbitt the mounted animal trophies above the bar are none other than Teddy's. There is not a man my husband loves more. :P While there we met up with our great friends, Shannon and Jud. We need to make another trip out there to visit and hike Teddy Roosevelt Island Park.

DCA!

Right next door to the Old Ebbitt? The Treasury.

J...to Teddy!

The Ebbitt is known for its oysters so J had to try a half dozen (we split them with our friends).

Teddy's trophies can be seen above the bar.

From DCA it was a short flight to ATL and a long flight to SAN. We had a blast with the passengers though and the day went by quickly. It helped that we had an amazing crew. It was J, myself, and Oliver. I had never flown with Oliver before but had met his girlfriend, Steph (also a flight attendant) several times. It was great that he ended up our trip with us...I always enjoy a super low-key crew!

So back to the story. We land in SAN where we have 19 hours. Our plan was to hang out with our friends Kelsey and Alex, two amazing people. Seriously amazing. Their honeymoon was 200 days long and included Costa Rica, Belgium, Namibia, Vietnam, Thailand, animal rescue, and dengue fever. They were newly returned.

Our first course of action was to take a nap, which I am going to take some time to ramble on about because it is blissful. Windows open, breeze blowing in through gauzy drapes, the sounds of the traffic and the boats outside. Palm trees. Ah.

We were woken up before our alarm to a text from an old friend (and our MDW crashpad "dad") Blaine! We were supposed to be meeting Kelsey and Alex in 30 minutes but wanted to see Blaine too. We ran to a local bar and through one back, catching up at a million miles an hour, which is when we all just decided he should come along with us.

Soon after Kelsey and Alex arrived and we were whisked off to Pacific Beach, just north of where we stay near the Gaslamp and Little Italy. Tapas and sangria was for dinner and a beautiful sunset was dessert. It was lovely. Lots of sleep that night and then three legs back home in the morning.

We are now on the last few days of a nine day stretch off. There has been lots going on, and I will write another short post with some information on that soon. :)