4 AM: Wake up to BBC blaring on the radio. Decide you can sleep just 5 more minutes.
4:45 AM: Jump frantically out of bed, pull on clothes, grab the (pre-packed, thankfully) carry on.
5:15 AM: Drive to Dulles
6:00 AM: Check in at Jet Blue kiosk.
6:05 AM: Walk approximately 4.5 miles to Gate B36.
6:30 AM: Board Plane.
6:31 AM: Fall asleep.
9:20 AM, PST: Wake up. Exit plane and find yourself in happy, sunny, Long Beach Airport.
9:21 AM: Be greeted by Lori. Yay!
10:30 AM: Eat Big, Delicious French Sandwich at C'est Si Bon. Meander to Lori's cute apartment.
11 AM Meander around said cute apartment.
11:15 AM: Ride ferry to Balboa Island. Eat Chocolate-dipped strawberry. Eat Cold Stone Ice Cream. Buy red Flip Flops. Get whooped 7-2 by Lori the Air Hockey Queen.
Somewhere around 1?: Ride ferry back to Newport. Decide to go to beach.
2 PM: Go to beach. Test the water. Decide it is Cold. Build sand dragons. Build sand castle. Sand Castle!
Watch cute little kids building sandcastles. Make Sand Chair. Lie in sun. Fall asleep. Wake up to find a cute but vicious child thoroughly destroying your sandcastle. Watch him make his way across the beach systematically destroying every sandcastle in sight. Nickname him Hurricane Steven.
Behold, Hurricane Steven:
5 PM: Get hungry. Wonder if you're sunburned.
6 PM: Buy groceries for dinner. Begin to realize that you are, in fact, very sunburned. Buy Aloe.
7 PM: Grill meat. Meat! Mmm, meat! Also grill asparagus. Try to grill potatoes but fail.
7:50 PM: Eat meat with tongs because you forgot to bring forks. Feel very primal. Wish you had room to eat more meat because it is so tasty.
8:50 PM Admire sunset over Newport Beach.
9 PM: Realize that you are very, very sunburned. Go home. Watch Stargate.
10 PM: Fall asleep.
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