And so we're off!

We left Buffalo on Tuesday, sweating. OMG - it was almost 90 degrees! And here we are in Seattle, enjoying the beautiful rainy, cold day. Steve, he's enjoying the heater...

So we got in yesterday without any problems. Well, except that the Northwest seems to be on the same line as the South when it comes to service. Everyone has nowhere to go, nothing to do, except to sit and chat with you. It took us over 30 minutes to rent our car. There were two people in front of me in the Hertz line, but holy crap! It took forever. The girl was so nice, but it just took so long. And all of you likely know that I am far from patient. But in the end, we got the convertible Mustang...WOOHOO! That baby has some oomph! I only drove it from the airport to the hotel, which is about 2 miles, but I know that I love that car. We're going to have a hard time returning it.

We got checked in to the hotel, La Qunita - SeaTac. It's definitely a home away from home. Since we've stayed at other ones before, it gives us that sense of grounding that reminds us of home. But I still miss my kitties. Yes, already.

After freshening up a bit we needed some nom-noms. So we headed across the street to Dave's Diner. It's an old-fashioned looking diner, with neon lights, route 66 signs, old cars...you know, the same old thing. BUt boy do they have a slammin' turkey sandwich. Steve had a hot roast beef sandwich, surprise! Anyway, the best part of the whole experience for me was that our waitress, Ashley, thought we were young and fun enough to invite out to a 22-year-olds birthday party. I wish we could've taken her up on the offer, but we were far too wiped out to be party peeps. Instead, we went to Best Buy and bought a GPS.

We came back to the hotel and got ready for bed, watched some tv, smoked cigarettes and went to sleep. Not a very exciting first day in a new city, but there's always tomorrow...