HOME! and a terrible flight

Went home, saw friends and family and it was great, but too short. I was sooo not ready to be back on an airplane! And everything got mixed up. In Seattle, I asked for my bags to be checked all the way through because I had a 23 hours lay over in Amsterdam and didn’t want to be carrying them around with me (I packed a LOT). She tried doing it and it wouldn’t let her even though the night before we called KLM and asked if they would be able to keep the bags during a 23 hour lay over and they said yes, anything less than 24 hours. Well since the time change and everything, I left Seattle on the 7th and didn’t leave Amsterdam until the 9th so it showed me having 2 days of travel and the computer wouldn’t let her check the bags through. We tried a million things and then she finally went and asked someone else and he said to check them to San Francisco and try doing it there. That I did, but when I got to San Fran, I wasn’t on my flight any more; my name was there, but I wasn’t booked! She must have unbooked me from my flight when we were trying to figure everything out, so I had to call Alaska airlines and get things situated, but while I was on the phone the lady at the desk said, Oh, okay, I got you, so we hung up (Auntie K and her friend met me at the airport and helped me). Checked the bags through and had some lunch, a sourdough bread bowl! Yum! I also got pasta to take on the flight with me because since I was unbooked I was unsure if they’d have my vegetarian meal. Turns out they didn’t, but I got a good seat, a 3 seat block to myself! Got into Amsterdam, played around the airport, got bored, went out and got more bored and it was FREEZING! I was so cold, I bought a long sleeved shirt and scarf from H&M. I wanted to go out and see the city, but figured if I was dying in the airport, going out into the elements probably wasn’t a good idea. So, I sat and read, fell asleep, ate a sandwich, looked in shops, etc. Then when I went to catch the train, it didn’t show up! I had someone waiting for me at the train station to pick me up and I was late! I felt so bad! When I finally got in, he drove me to Adam’s cousin’s house and I hung out with his wife and the two kids. She is really cool and I really enjoyed talking to her and the kids are so cute! His cousin got home right after I went to bed, so I didn’t see him until morning when he took me to the airport. Again, I wasn’t booked on the flight, and I was afraid I’d have to call Alaska again to figure it out, but Europe is a lot more lax than the states, and the guy she called just put me back on it. Thank goodness! I got through security pretty quickly, but still had to zoom over to my gate. This flight was FULL! And I got a crappy seat. In the middle of the middle behind the bathrooms, so no seat in front of me with a screen. As I was getting ready for landing, a guy came and sat in the seat at the end of our row (he moved earlier because the lady next to me had a baby and they wanted her to have two seats) and pulled up the screen that was below the seat!!! I spent 10 hours on the plane thinking I didn’t have a screen to watch things! I kept thinking, I should just ask if they have a portable one to bring me, but never did and on the previous flight, I started a movie and didn’t finish it because I though, Oh, I’ll just finish it on the next flight! Bah! But Adam’s brother in Tanzania had the movie, so I watched it at his house and it was actually better because I could finally hear what was being said. I hate those crappy headphones they give you on planes. Made it back to Kigali with no problems and Adam met me at the airport. I felt bad because he had to work the next morning and my bags didn’t show, so I had to spend about an hour trying to figure out how to get them back. Got one the next day and one the day after.