Flying back: Welp, I only got felt up once...and it was just a nice little pat down! Every other time we were in the airport security I was obviously not a terrorist and everything went well. Jenna did almost drown in her own drool on one of the plane rides... Dramamine and a beer don't mix well and end up with being conscious but not being able to open your eyes. Good times. In the Philadelphia airport we were asked separately a series of serious questions...such as...Are you carrying anything sharp? Are you a legal citizen? Are you carrying anything illegal? Even if I was I definitely wasn't going to tell this lady, those are too serious of questions for me to handle ;)
The whole ride back was a big ol' ball of fun and delirium. We were extremely tired, and thus we were hilarious. Or at least we thought each other were hilarious. We sang Cher and Look At Me Now to stay awake. We never really got that crabby either, EVEN Morgan. It was a miracle.
The long flight was....well long. Actually that is a lie because I slept quite a bit, and then watched Water for Elephants before landing in the US of A. I missed the food, but the girls said it was pretty good.
Other than that, Jenna almost drowning was about the biggest hump in our flight...I mean our flight while in the air and not in Montana...because when we arrived in Montana we had a surprise.
As we stood, exhausted and chatting with Tana who thankfully picked us up we realized our bags did not come across the conveyer belt. In Spain Uncle Steve made sure our bags went straight through to Philadelphia, where we had to go through customs and put them back on the belt...So somewhere between Philadelphia and Billings our bags took a little journey. We ran to the Airline desk demanding our belongings, the lady (not very nicely) informed us that they should get here tomorrow...but maybe the next day or the day after that, and that we should just call tomorrow morning to see if they were put on the next Denver flight to the big MT.
We were now without a change of clothes...well at least I was because I didn't pack a extra pair in my carry-on this time, bad thinking on my part and probably why our luggage got lost in the first place. It is always my fault ;)
We loaded up into Tana's car and headed to get Jenna's car which had been taking refuge at their friend Bethany's parents house while we were on our journey. Here is the bump...Bethany's parents work and live on the Yellowstone Boy's and Girl's Ranch...a.k.a a mental health facility for juveniles...
We drive onto the Ranch it is pretty eery. It is about midnight and the street lights on these happy little streets (the street names are 'hope' and 'peace') are kind of creepy. Bethany told Jenna that her car is outside of her parents house...After the long while it took to find her parents house and as we shook in our stockings for some crazy to come get us (okay, so not really) we found out that her car was locked (which is a good thing) but the keys were no where in sight. Bethany had told Jenna that the keys would be somewhere on the vehicle...except they weren't. Soooo we decided our only option was to go knock on her parent's door and ask for help.
Jenna and Morgan went to the door knocked and her dad arrived but looking concerned. He was very incredibly nice and told them "you never know who is going to be at your door around here". Turns out Bethany just forgot that we were coming back today, and no harm was done.
We got out to Di's house and immediately crashed. I slept so well! We woke up and I didn't even have any jet leg! It was awesome. We woke up around 9 because guess what....OUR LUGGAGE ARRIVED!!
We picked it up, and immediately brushed my teeth. Jenna and Manda went back to Helena. And Morgan and I went to stay with Cali! She had just moved into her new house, and it was super cute! We spent the night with her, went to see the ghost (who didn't show) and then headed back to Helena. Morgan had to move into her dorm on Saturday and I was supposed to help...but my dad was working that day and I had to go home with him.
