Sunday
Packed and repacked on Saturday until 11pm. Went to sleep. Woke up at 3:40am to be ready for 4:15 departure. Forgot to knock on Sara's door until 4:15, oops! She got ready super fast and we were on the road by 4:30am. We got to the airport by 5am, gotta love Sunday morning empty roads, even though it was pouring rain. There was no line for TSA so I didn't even use the first class speedy lane. Headed out to the N gates and the Alaska Airlines lounge (first class ticket gets you into the lounge!), which had just opened. I barely even remember any of my time there, I was so tired. I think I ate a yogurt and drank some water and dozed in a comfy chair/watched a special on NHK (Japanese TV station was on the TV in front of me) about North and South Koreans getting to reunite for a few hours and it was very heartwarming/heart wrenching. I left the lounge right as they started boarding my flight, which was two gates down, so I sailed onto the plane in the first class lane and w...