“I like your boots!” There is no way the attendant could really see my boots under the steering wheel and dashboard, so I said, “I wonder that you can even see them.” His response, “Oh, I’m very observant,” and if words could contain a wink, his had a big, slow one. Welcome to the parking garage! 

I was a bit stressed about whether I would find a parking spot as the website kept warning about the limited spaces available, so I am relieved to be at the airport and through security with a wink.

I grew up watching Disney movies, one of my favorite being Lady and the Tramp. There was always one scene that scared 5 year old me, where the demure cocker spaniel was captured by the janky dog patrol and put in doggy jail. The cast of characters in the Pound was sweet, knarly and sad, their one dreaded fear was being taken through the One-Way Door– the double set of doors from which no canine returned. I felt a bit like that today in the long security line for my flight to Paris. All went so smoothly, but the colorful cast of characters around me were frustrated and complaining, kids were whining, their humans haggard- everyone dreading the One-Way Door. But all looked good for me, I just need a tan as these photos show. I am sickly pale and will welcome some color on this pasty white skin. 

Why don’t people wear dresses anymore? So far, I’m the only person I have seen in this busy airport in a dress and I’ve been here three hours. Not that I am in a fancy dress,  just a black plain drape, easy to wear and with my boots, quite fun.

The only other thing of note thus far on my Bon Voyage day – the women’s restroom smelled like cigarette smoke. That was the first time, in all the airport bathrooms I’ve appeared, that someone actually had the nerve to break the rules and cop a  smoke in the stall. 

I’m happy to be on my way. Jet Blue will fly me overnight and I hope to sleep well and wake up with some semblance of a brain to catch the train into Paris. It has begun, bring on more boot-lovers, not boot-lickers, we’ve had enough of that in the news.