Day 1

Wednesday July 17, 2013



We get into San Diego, CA about 130pm.  We spent the night at Corissa and Brian's in OC and headed out about 1130a.  A little traffic here and there, we dropped the girls, Malia and Caitlin to there hotel while Aaron and I trekked it to the Town and Country Suites to get our badges.  We didn't have preview night so we got our pretty early.  Headed to our hotel, The Holiday Inn Bayside.  We checked in and unloaded our stuff.

As we open the door, there was this foul musty odor.  MOLD, mildew, you know, the old hotel smell.  An hour or 2 later, I could feel my throat getting all scratchy, sinuses getting all plugged.  I called the front desk and told them the issue.  They were booked to capacity but they would try to move our rooms the next day.  I called my doctor and she told me I could have Benadryl, Zyrtec.  The sliding glass door didn't have a screen so we couldn't really leave the door open to get fresh air.  We decide to change rooms and they offer us a room upstairs, no elevator.  Room wasn't bad but hello, I'm 7 months pregnant, I've got allergies.  No way was I taking the room.

We head to the front desk, they want to offer us an upgrade that we have to pay for.  I told the lady, your hotel room made me sick, the room shouldn't have been rented out if the stench was that bad, now you want us to pay for an upgrade that is clearly not our fault.  I told her, we will just stay in the room we are in now and the Manager will here about this in a letter.  She apologized and said that they were waiting for a room to get fixed and if it was clear, we can move to that room.

Thank God that Malia and Caitlin came to the hotel.  When the room was available, they sent a bell hop and luggage truck, but I wasn't ready yet.  So the girls were able to help me.  Thanks girls so much for your help.  I sure do appreciate it.