eto na po ako...mag-iistorya lang po muna ako tungkol sa aming byahe sa illinois.

we got to LAX 2 hours before boarding. nothing against united airlines, pero naman, madelay ba ang flight namin??? parang madaling mang-aliw ng 2 years old sa airport??? connecting flight from LAX to denver to chicago. sobrang barumbado yong unang piloto. as in, kumbaga sa kotse, kaskasero magmaneho. to the point na darrell threw up and i almost dropped on the ground kasi, talagang pangit magpalipad. at makatarungan bang 4 hours delayed ang flight namin to chicago? sobrang nagpakabitch na talaga ako. talagang nagtatalak na ako don sa airport. parang may magagawa sila. una, sabi nila, mechanical problem...ok, e di kumuha ng ibang eroplano. tapos, sunod naman na rason nila, kulang ang attendant kasi, biglang nagkaemergency yong isang nakaassign. when we called my mudra-in-law(who happened to work in united airlines for 15 years), tsaka lang namin nalaman na it was the intention of employees to get travelers pissed off para hindi na sila magbook ng flight sa airlines. kasi, the company is cutting 25% of the retirement pension plans of their employees. kaya tinolerate ko na lang. nevertheless, nakakunot pa rin ang noo ko hanggang makarating kami sa chicago. problema na naman with our rental car. i booked it through hotwire and this untrained employee could not release our car and receipt in her system. until the dispatcher went down and helped her. and what do you know? that same untrained bitch gave us and another couple the same car! nako, sobrang thankful ako kasi, ang bait nong dispatcher(her name is sabrina--o di ba malawitch?). akalain ko bang ibigay sa aming rental car ay CADILLAC(sabi na nga ba witch yon kasi alam niya nasa utak ko e. sa madaling sabi, ang aming $21.95/day fee ay naging sobrang worth it..(we might have been charged like $120-150/day). magrereklamo pa ba ako kahit panget ng experience ko with united???

we stayed in my mother-in-law's house. grabacious! impressed ako. she has a lovely home. she lives by herself and i'm amazed how nice her place is. pwede na ako sa kabilang bahay para meron akong kachika pag bored akong maglinis ng kabahayan di ba? champaign, illinois is mala-bulacan. merong mga old houses, meron ding mga townhouses. pero, ang look ng town ay country na country--with all the cornfields and all those bungalows...it really felt like home to me. enjoy naman ako kasi we attended the family reunion and we met rickey's clan. merong mga buraot(lahat naman ng family, meron non) pero, maraming closeness agad. sobrang kulit ng mga bading...hindi ko akalaing makikilala ko ang mga bading na ito sa isang pamilya lang...

walang patid ng kain, walang humpay na inuman...bakasyon grande. feeling ko, nagdrive lang ako sa marulas(sa bahay ng inang ko) at nangapitbahay sa mga kamag-anak. feel na feel ko ang clanishness...pramissss!!!!

we stayed in champign from july 2 to july 5. rickey visited more relatives and inuman galore plus ribs and barbecue fiesta. sobrang enjoy talaga!!! the people were nice and they gave me that nice feeling na they liked me way better than whoever rickey was with before me! syempre, wagi ang beauty ko anupaman ang mangyari dahil ako ay maganda!!!

at akala ko matatapos na ang aming pagdurusa sa paglipad. our flight to denver was delayed that made us miss our flight back home. wa ako masay! united gave us a voucher to stay in embassy suites for the night until we can catch another plane ride to LA. for some reason, i felt this was gonna happen. i packed our carry on with all of darrell's diapers and a couple of outfits. no need to say rickey and i were stuck with the same clothes. nde na kami nag-inarte. all we wanted is to come home. it was ok coz we really had a good accommodation. we made it home around noontime today...

nevertheless, it was a beautiful trip! worth the time, the flight delays, the motion sickness, the long drive. i feel so good about my new family. they were really nice. as i said, i'm laways lucky with mothers-in-law. lahat sila, love ako. i'm sticking to rickey so, i am confident that i'm made now coz my MOM and i clicked. yon lang!!!

on friday, lilipad na naman ang dyosa ng kagandahan with her dvd king to the bay area--SAN FRANCISCO then, to the city that never sleeps--LAS VEGAS. more pictures, more stories, more fun! can't wait!!!