Writer's Block: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
I always have problems traveling, mostly because the instant I get on a plane I seem to get a head a cold that makes the ensuing flight an exercise in torture and the vacation itself somewhat lackluster, because I'm sick.
The worst was coming back from a cruise I took that left Galveston and went to Merida, Cozumel and Belize. It was a theme cruise and I was able to meet several authors I like including Mary Higgins Clark, Jo Beverly, Kat Martin, Vince Flynn, and Lee Child, and to attend readings and panel discussions and etc. Plus dinners with several authors.
It was a nice vacation but I was ready for it to be over. So when my flight was canceled (moments after being assured it was "just late") I was in tears. I was whisked off to the Houston Hilton and assured they'd get me home the next day.
When I went back to the airport the next day I found out that they'd accidentally scheduled me for a flight the next month. More tears, and I was being hustled to another airline, in another airport, and had fifteen minutes to check in, which I did. I then got the full "search" treatment since I was a late addition to the flight. The security staff were very nice, but kept asking why I was so upset after coming back from such a great vacation? All I could say was "I want to go home."