24 is off to a great start

[attentionpandas]

I missed my flight to Bangkok yesterday night. I tried to plead my way through: "What?! But I'm going to be a bridesmaid in my brother's wedding tomorrow! [bold-faced lie] And tomorrow's also my birthday! [true]" No dice. I had to plunk down $220 just to change my ticket to the same flight tonight. And I'll probably shell out another $75 to push back my return date (I'm currently set to come back in just 4 days). Which adds up to a $800+ plane ticket. Just looking at that amount makes me want to barf a little. As does the thought of spending almost half my birthday sitting around in an airport and on a plane.

Anyway. This is what Beijing looked like 2 weekends ago [the view outside my window]:



And 2 days ago? Um, it looked like this:



...Holy shit, CCP, the Olympics are in 2 WEEKS!! Get it together!