The Start of a Journey

First time I have been on a trip other than with my family in a long time. Now, I am with my new family. Jarrett and I got up at 4:30 in the morning after a 12:45 bedtime. My mom and dad picked us up at 5:30 and we got to the airport promptly at 6:00. We beat the other half of our group so that is good. To our surprise it was packed that early in the morning. I figured it might be crowded due to spring break, but didn't think that early in the morning. Our flight left at 7:15, so I figured we had time. Terminal D was crazy crowded. We did the self-check which takes a bit of time. They didn't call our name until 6:30. Just took longer than expected especially since they were calling others ahead of us that checked in after us. We then headed to the TSA line and realized we were doomed. At 7:00 we made it through the line. We had to hurry to our flight. We were not the only ones that got caught. We found our seats and were sitting on the bulkhead. Fine by me. I always have extra leg room. : ) Before we took off the pilot informed us that he had some log booking to do. Not sure what he needs to log at 7:10, but if he has to do it he has to do it. Meanwhile the aircraft maintenance was on board. Luckily for nothing too severe. Just the overhead screens were not working.
At 7:20 a lady and two kids get on the plane. The little girl Abby is supposed to be sitting next to Jarrett. Jarrett was excited due to the large amount of space he would not have to share. The mom said, "Abby do you want to sit here? Oh, ok no then in the back. I will sit here." Jarrett's reaction was quite funny. He smiled and said yeah the big lady is going to sit next to me. Unfortunately Abby's mom went to the back and took someone's seat. So we sat next to David. David was on a family trip but was flying standby. Very interesting to talk to. Jarrett did most of the talking since he was sitting next to him. Mid-flight I went to use the restroom. We were definitely closer to the front, so I headed up there. The last person in there had pulled a homedepot. YUCK!! As I came out the flight attendant told me that if I had to use the lavatory again to use the one in the back so that there is not a wait. I said I wasn't waiting. She went on to say that the pilot sad that this lavatory is for first class. Kind of rude. The first class was using our restroom. I mean when we land we will still be using the same restroom. Doesn't matter whether they paid more for a ticket.
So we landed and got a car and tried to go to Hoover Dam. It was crazy crowded due to the construction that was going on. We decided to come back another day. So we headed back to Vegas and went to downtown. We ate at the Golden Nugget and walked through all of the casinos down there. Went and played Roulette at the Plaza and I actually won $15. Surprised I did since at one point I was down to $5. I turned that 5 into 35. : ) We went outside and watched the light show. Very cool. After a long day of travel and night out we finally headed to the hotel.