Our trip started with a flight from Indianapolis to Atlanta and then from Atlanta to Tampa.  When we I booked the flights I made sure that we were sitting in the emergency exit row, so that we had more room and this also guaranteed that I would not be a screaming baby.  Well, little did I know, just because you book two people at the same time, it does not mean that you will be sitting together.  So, I had the emergency exit row all to myself while Scott was sitting up a few rows in front of me. 

The flight attendant came by and gave me the little speech about being in the emergency row and my responsibilities.  She had amazing eyes and I was trapped in them, so I paid no attention to what she was saying until she said, "You are in the military aren't you?"  I thought to myself, "How the hell did she know that?"  She then told me of how her ex-boyfriend was stationed at a base in Georgia and how she used to visit him on the weekends and blah blah blah.  I told her that I'm usually at that base around January and February.  She then said something to the effect  of, "I haven't been there in a while, maybe I'll make a visit."  I know what you are thinking, she's ready like spaghetti, I'm in there like swim wear (Thank you Rod Benson), but no, I just nodded and smiled and then she walked off.  I didn't realize what had happened until she walked off, I was pissed at myself then.  I did remember to tell my friend, Scott, to come sit in the row with me since he was flying for his first time.

The flight took off, we landed, we boarded our next flight from Atlanta to Tampa.

This time we are both in the emergency row, however, on different sides of the aisle.  Scott had two business men sitting around him, while I had a 19 year old Power lifting champion sitting on the left of me and a girl on the right of me.  Thank God the girl was very little, because I was leaned over in her seat for most of the flight from Atlanta.  The power lifter had the nerve to complain that he was cramped up.  Well, if he was worried about it, he should have purchased two tickets. 

I was impressed with the planes though.  We flew Air Tran down and back.  They have a very cool feature on their flights.  They have installed XM radio into all their seats so everyone can listen to whatever they want (minus the stations that are explicit and the live sports channels).  They hand out free earphones and you can plug in and listen to whatever your heart desires.  Since I have XM here at home, I already knew my stations.  I was trying to enjoy my music while having an armrest jammed into my ribs, but the huge kid on my left kept talking.  I hated that part of the trip.

We landed, got our baggage very quickly, and then we were off to rent our car.  We walked in and walked up to the Hertz counter.  I asked for a mid size vehicle and she rattled off a few choices.  I said I didn't care and she suggested a 2007 Chrysler Sebring.  We both agreed that was fine, got my military discount, and walked out to the car.  Let me just say this, a 2007 Chrysler Sebring is a very nice car and is one of the smoothest rides ever.  It was money well spent on the rental