Well Monday this week was pretty damn busy for me. A day full of driving, fun, awesomeness and just down right #avgeek nirvana.

I spent a fair amount of time in the truck monday, as I had to drive down to Kent (bout 10-15 mins South of SeaTac) to pick up my boxes which have finally arrived from Brisbane. After the stupid import company withheld the packages for 2 weeks to get extra cash out of me (part of the reason i had been stressed so much lately) I finally was able to pick up my stuff which was just awesome to see those boxes and my bike! My Glorius bike.

But the Avgeek portion of the day was truly awesome. As my 2nd time as a Correspondant for airlinereport.com I was on assignment to cover the Arrival of the First commercial service for a 787 to Seattle. It was an awesome experience and you can read all about it here The time was great (though adding to my sunburn i am sure), getting ramp access is truly a priveledge and I am really grateful I could do this.

To add more greatness to the day, a friend of mine from Twitter was arriving on the flight for a couple of days so after making him wait several hours thanks to the ANA festivities, we ended up hitting the road up to Paine Field for a little bit of spotting, catching 2 new Emirates 777s (one delivery and one doing a photoshoot with a lear jet) and then we headed out for some Sushi, Tempura and Teriyaki at Rikki Rikki in Kirkland.

It was great having someone visiting, getting to play host and tour guide all at the same time, also seeing a familiar face was a great thing, helped improved my spirits 1000 fold. Now my time this week will be spent with doing up the photos not only from Monday but also from Saturday still as I struggle to get through them all!

It sure has been a thrilling long weekend, with more fun and frivolity coming up!