on my way...

I woke up at 3:30am and left the house a bit after 4 to come to the airport. Check in and security was pretty smooth and I didn't even have to take my shoes off or take my computer out of my bag. I have already learned a lesson though. If they say you must check all bags at the gate they don't mean the briefcase with your computer in it. When I realized my error the flight attendant wouldn't let me go get it back from the cart by the door to the plane. When we deplaned in DC it fell off the conveyor belt on to the ground, but all appears to be working which is a relief. I ran into a former Girls on the Run coach at the airport and she and friends were going to Jamaica for UNC's spring break. Lots of UNC students on the way to exotic destinations. I sat next to a nice woman from a college in upstate--Skidmore who was on her way to Guatemala to meet students for a learning experience there. She is a Latin American history professor. I'm now at Washington Dulles airport waiting for the flight to Costa Rica. I plugged in my phone to a funny table like pole to charge it. Our plane from RDU got here early which is great, and I took a shuttle train (subway like) to get to this terminal. So far things are smooth and I am excited!