DAY 1

8:36 AM: Carolyn and Annabel meet at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport.

8:52 AM: Carolyn and Annabel get through security.

9:07 AM: Carolyn buys an iced caramel latte as Annabel sips on a chocolate milk.

9:09 AM: Annabel buys National Geographic. She is content.

9:15 AM: Carolyn threatens to throw Annabel’s phone into the Hudson River.

9:17 AM: Taylor Rondestvedt has been sighted.

9:20 AM: Annabel starts making a list of what has happened thus far.

9:33 AM: Carolyn and Annabel get settled in their seats.

9:34 AM: The person sitting net to Carolyn and Annabel arrives: the girls officially do not have to get up for the remainder of the flight.

9:35 AM: Carolyn checks her email and sees no response from Mr. Kaback: both girls are highly distressed.

9:36 AM: Carolyn notices that there are in-flight movie devices. She is happy: she likes those.

9:37 AM: Annabel decides to frighten Carolyn.

9:37 AM: Carolyn realizes that Annabel is scary and is starting to have second thoughts about this trip.

9:39 AM: Man awkwardly reads list over Annabel’s shoulder.

9:40 AM: Carolyn is NOSY (Annabel is secretive).

9:41 AM: Man coughs right over Annabel. Yuck.

9:43 AM: Annabel discovers that Carolyn makes an excellent pillow and no longer regrets leaving her pillow pet at home.

9:44 AM: A nasty stench wafts through the plane.

9:44 AM: Carolyn is distressed that the forecast still predicts rain.

9:44 AM: Annabel’s boy toy is being mushy. Annabel prefers the term beau. Carolyn disagrees.

9:45 AM: Annabel and Carolyn shower each other in compliments.

9:46 AM: Annabel is mean to poor Carolyn, who deserves it.

9:47 AM: Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.

9:47 AM: Carolyn’s sassometer is in the red.

9:48 AM: The people in front of Annabel and Carolyn burst into song.

9:50 AM: Annabel realizes that the rate at which she is recording what is happening MUST decrease if she wants to maintain her sanity

9:54 AM: Carolyn sends Mr. Kaback another email.

9:55 AM: Annabel and Carolyn hate on their iPhones.

9:58 AM: A baby cries.

10:00 AM: Pilot announces a 45 minute delay. Carolyn and Annabel are absolutely crushed.

10:02 AM: The lady in seat 18A opens her subway salad and Annabel catches a whiff of banana peppers. She is suddenly extremely hungry.

10:03 AM: Carolyn convinces Annabel that it is not lunchtime yet. Annabel’s sandwich still beckons.

10:04 AM: Carolyn’s logic is flawless, but Annabel’s stomach doesn’t care.

10:05 AM: Carolyn discovers that the pilot was lying and that the plane is in fact delayed by 75 minutes. Annabel fumes.

10:08 AM: Delta does an about face and decides that the plane is only going to be delayed by 25 minutes. Annabel is growing tired of writing updates about plane delays.

10:10 AM: Annabel takes her sandwich out to admire it.

10:11 AM: Annabel gives in and devours the whole thing.

10:18 AM: Carolyn realizes she should have fed her pet dinosaur earlier.

10:20 AM: Carolyn realizes she wants a sandwich too.

10:20 AM: Obnoxious teenage girls (the worst) across the row loudly play annoying video on iPhone. Annabel and Carolyn consider throwing something at them. But not the sandwich.

10:24 AM: Carolyn realizes she was mistaken. The teenaged girl is actually a middle aged bleached blonde orange skinned huge fake boobed woman with a high pitched voice who is once more playing a loud video. Rawr. Annabel thinks Carolyn is being judgmental. Carolyn agrees.

10:27 AM: Annabel loses and then regains her faith in humanity.

10:32 AM: Middle aged teenagers eat lollipops.

10:33 AM: Carolyn reads, Annabel draws, and plane taxis.

10:40 AM: Plane takes off!!!!!!!

11:57 AM: Both girls have now eaten their sandwiches and are about to watch Dr Who. Still no reply from Mr. Kaback.

12:00 PM: Annabel starts her first episode of Dr Who.

12:21 PM: Dr Who freaks Annabel out but she still likes it except for the mushy part.

12:31 PM: Taylor passes the girls on her way to the bathroom and they all discuss Billie Piper.

12:40 PM: Annabel gags due to all the mush. So does Carolyn.

12:44 PM: Dr Who ends and Annabel is hooked.

1:13 PM: Touchdown in New York (at hyperspeed?!?!!)

///TIMEZONE CHANGE///

2:41 PM: Girls enter line for taxis, luggage in hand

2:54 PM: Girls finally get a cab. Still no reply from Mr. Kaback. The girls feel abandoned.

3:20 PM: Annabel and Taylor go grocery shopping and purchase teddy grahams, ramen, macaroni and cheese, tomato soup, bread, cheese, ice cream, ice cream cones, and cookie dough.  The girls are in for a nutritious week.

5:32 PM: Annabel finishes typing up a summary of the day. She is DEAD tired.