We're Back

Justin and I got back from our Vegas vacation yesterday afternoon. We had a wonderful time and are looking forward to going back sometime. I don't have any pictures uploaded yet, but hope to have that done later today or tomorrow, so I will post them when I do. While the vacation was wonderful we did have some crazy experiences.

First, as we were getting situation in our seats for our departing flight a teenage girl sitting two rows behind us found a multi-tool with the knife blade open in her seat. She alerted the stewardess who took it and immediately called security. The tool was found in the last row of the plane so a lot of people were not aware of what was going on at this point, but all the action was taking place right where we were at. The stewardess got very upset about the whole deal and began crying as she was speaking with the others on the phone and at one point she thought we were all going to have to deplane and go through security again. However, two security officials arrived on the plane and questioned the poor teenage girl. She along with her friend and grandparents had to get off the plane and go through security again. I felt really sorry for her, but they finally returned to the plane and we took off only 30 minutes behind schedule. However, once we got to Vegas our luck turned around because we got a room upgrade at our hotel and we made it to our show in plenty of time.

On Day 2 we took our trip to the Grand Canyon on a tour bus. There were only 20 people on our bus which was nice but we were definitely in the minority as Americans. It was a wonderful day until we got ready to get back on the bus to return to Vegas. It rained at the Grand Canyon earlier in the day so everything was wet and slippery. As Justin and I were going down the stairs (which were made or different levels of stone) from the gift shop to board our bus, my foot hit the edge of one of the raised stones and I went tumbling down. So, I spent the rest of our vacation with a badly sprained left ankle. However, I took several aspirin and was able to tough it out. It is still very swollen, but hopefully on the mend.

Our last and probably scariest event happened on our returning flight. It is important to note that Justin was sitting in the aisle seat and I was next to him. We were about 30 minutes into our trip back home and I had just dozed off when I woke up to Justin scooting very close to me. I then see a man falling down in the aisle. Yes, that is right, as man passed out right at Justin's feet. He then woke up and returned to his seat which was one row in front of us and across the aisle. Justin said that he got up to go to the bathroom, couldn't get the door open, and headed back to his seat. He alerted the stewardess that he was going to pass out on his way back so she was right behind him when he passed out. The man was traveling alone so no one knew if he had any type of medical condition or not. They alerted everyone on board that we had a medical emergency and asked if there were any doctors or nurses on board. Luckily, there were three nurses who came up and helped the man. They gave him some oxygen, checked his bp, etc. and then he came to and was a little better. Finally everything calmed down and we were able to continue our flight without any other major events. When we did land in Springfield, they did have EMTs come on board and ask the man if he wanted to go to the hospital (which he refused) and he had to get off the plane first to sign some papers. I knew the man had to be embarrassed, but thankfully he was okay and we didn't have to make an emergency landing.

While we did have these crazy moments on our trip, the positive ones outnumber these three by far and I will tell you about those when I get the pictures uploaded.