Go on, take ORF!

Let me warn you in advance that this is not very much of a pregnancy post.  Instead it is a document of my solo adventure to Dayton, Ohio and possibly back.  At this point in my travels I am waiting out a three hour layover at Dulles International and I have to say that this has been an enjoyable airport/airline experience thus far (knocking on wood)
My flight from ORF was schedule to depart at 5:02pm today so B hauled my ass to the airport as soon as I got home from school.  By the time we actually got there it was about 4:15pm, 20 minutes before boarding was to begin.  One thing I love about ORF is that everything is quick.  Yes it is an "international" airport, but it seems like no one is ever there.  I got checked in, flew through security, and was at the gate within 10 minutes of arriving.  If any of you were following my FB posts you know that at this point there wasn't anywhere for me to sit because the idiot travelers that I was amongst thought that their carry-on luggage needed a special seat beside them.  Morons.  So, I got the balls up to ask someone to move their precious luggage because, dammit, I was tired of standing up.  This was where the fun began.

Topic #1 - Even though you're on your cell phone, we can still hear you!
I sit down across an extraordinarily large woman (if that offends anyone, you'll be ok, I promise) who is gabbing away on her cell phone.  Now, to give you a general idea of how loudly she was speaking, let me tell you that the man directly next to me was also on his phone and I could hardly hear him.  He was using acceptable public cell phone etiquette. Good for him; now back to my female friend across the way who was NOT using acceptable public cell phone etiquette.  I could hear everything she was saying.  I even had a hard time doing my on texting and such because I was so enthralled at the heinous conversation she was having.  So, since she was speaking so loudly in the terminal I am sure that she won't mind when I put her on blast right now.  During the time she was sitting across from me I overheard two separate conversations.  The first one was much more interesting because she was talking about her "love life".  There is a reason that I used the sarcastic quotes there, barf.  I am amazed at how stupid some women are.  I know that I have had my stupid moments hell, stupid years, but I'm 30.  I quit that sh*t long ago, ask my husband who endured much of my stupid woman phase.  This woman had to be at least my age if not older and the information that spewed out of her mouth made me want to get up and slap her across the face.  Ok, enough with the back story.  Here is the gist of her conversation:

Apparently she had just stopped seeing her latest guy.  She was getting advice from the person on the other end about why things ended.  Honestly, it sounded like he totally was not digging her, she knew it, and is trying to come up with some other excuse/reason that things ended.  IT'S YOU HONEY!  You're probably nuts-o!  I gathered that from the 15 minutes I was listening.  She had only been dating him a few months, during that time his father died, and then the relationship ended.  She was asking her friend if he left her because his dad died, thought it was weird because everyone was raving about her at the funeral (what!?), and the next thing I know she's asking her phone friend how long someone should date before they move in together - ding, ding, ding!!  That leads me to believe that she was dating this guy for a hot second (few months) and was pressuring him to move in or vice versa.  Well, I don't know what'll make a guy run quicker than that other than proposing marriage.  B and I dated for three years before we moved in together.  Even still, I'm pretty sure that he ended up caving and moving in with me because he had no one else to live with.  But that's off topic and seven years ago so... moving on.  Basically, this woman was not attractive (yes, that does matter) and seemed about halfway off her rocker.  Her second conversation was less interesting but she did go on to describe some bloody surgery that her friend had, talked about another friend's pregnancy complications, and did a little friend bashing.  She walked away when they announced that the flight deck was closed due to lightening and there was no telling when we'd leave.  I thought this would be a great time to hit up the Starbucks conveniently stationed right next to my gate.

Topic #2
Pregnant women should not drink anything before getting on a flight, no matter how long it is!  When we left It was about 5:50-6:00pm.  In the next 35 minutes my need to pee was off the charts!  Thank God that in 35 minutes we were touching down at Dulles.  I know, there are bathrooms on the plane.  I am a wuss!  I had a window seat.  I don't like bothering people.  Besides, the pee urge didn't drop until I got up to get off the plane.  Yikes!  At least I'm not to the peeing myself little bits here and there stage.

Topic #3 - Every woman needs a pair of maternity pants for long travel.
You know what happens when you sit for long periods of time.  I don't care how skinny you are, when you sit and sit and sit your jeans/pants start digging into your stomach leaving behind a lovely imprint for you to treasure for an hour or two.  Not with maternity pants!!  Fantastic creations I tell you!  I got two pairs of capri/pants from Motherhood Maternity.  One in khaki and one in black.  I decided to change out of my jean capris and into my khaki maternity capris for the trip.  Oh my Lord!  No creases, no imprints, no stomach pain from being hunched over in tough material, no nothing except for immeasurable amounts of comfort.  Go out and get some.  The look like regular pants.  No one would ever know.  I don't even have much of a bump but my normal pants don't fit anymore.  Do you hear me?  Get a pair of maternity pants.  You can thank me later.

Topic #4 - Airport food is the greatest!
I couldn't decide whether to eat at Five Guys since I had never been there before or at some other place called Cosi that served flatbread sandwiches.  B suggested the flatbread place so I went.  I ended up getting a grilled chicken parmesan flatbread sandwich and holy hell I destroyed that thing!  That was the most delicious sandwich I think I have ever eaten.  I am already trying to figure out if I'll have enough time on my way back through to get a sandwich to take home with me.  Hmm.. now that I'm thinking about it I'm going to google to see where their other locations are.

So that's my life over the past three hours.  I still have another two to hang out before my flight to Dayton.  I'll continue people watching for you all.  Never know what I'll see.