Alright guys, so week 1 of my adventures in the west has recently come to an end and BOY DO I HAVE A LOT!
The week began like any other, I woke up early on Sunday, put on my best clothes and headed to the airport to get searched, charged, and herded onto my plane. As I sat waiting for my zone to be called, a woman- who looked extraordinarily like Megan Mullally (who played Karen on Will and Grace) began to cause quite the commotion as she prepared to board with the platinum members. Why was there so much crazy happening?? Well it’s simple. When flying out of a smaller airport one must be willing to have their carry-on checked because of the lack of storage in the cabin. Well, while everyone else huffed but then allowed it, this woman was simply not having it! She refused to have her bag checked and insisted that she could make it fit, so off she went with her rip-off Vera Bradley purse, her tail and two wheels.
Finally it was my turn to board my beloved flight. Where it would take me, I couldn’t wait. Seat by seat I passed each passenger looking for my own seat. And what to my dismay did I stumble upon as I found seat 33A? Why the likes of Megan Mullally’s look-a-like. Ms. Devil herself! Why was this woman so high and mighty seating in the back with the rest of we peasants? Luckily for me as she moped and she whispered the flight was only 27 minutes south.
The next few hours were boring at most, as I sat in the airport waiting to board my next flight.
Upon boarding my flight to Salt Lake City, a man with a ponytail decided to join me. In front of us sat a child about 10, and what he said next brought upon a grin. The pilot announced how high we would fly and sure enough the boy assured us that we would die. He looked at his mother and simply said “If we go that high, we will die!” I giggled and joked my with ponytail friend, and quickly commented “That’s what I said on my first ascend.”
We giggled and laughed, and once we caught our breathe he explained to me about his friend who was scared to death. See his friend was new to the flying game, and the ponytail man thought it’d be funny for their seats not to be the same.
After the plane had finally begun to steady, the flight attendants had refreshments at the ready. The Muppets Most Wanted was the entertainment for the day, and at first I was wary but ended up saying hip, hip, HOORAY.
Flying over the mountains was a first for me, and soon the flight became a little rocky. We bumped and we glided, and soon I felt it was a rollercoaster I had rided.
Upon landing in sunny SLC, I felt famous with a driver waiting for me.
Well that’s all for today’s Expedition of a Theatre Major, but look for what’s to come become it’s sure to be a rager!
Confessions of a Theatre Major 