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I be back home again for break, just for a month. Yesterday was pretty crazy. I woke up around 7 EST (so basically 6AM here), and got to the airport around 9 with Nicole. She got her boarding pass after 9:30 when JetBlue people actually showed up. We got breakfast, went through security (which was so much easier than I was expecting). After that we went to my gate and hung out there. Now, let's remember that this was the first time I've been on a plane in 6 years, and I'd be flying alone for the first time. Nicole has been one of my best friends over the past couple of months, and having her there waiting with me did help. In any case, after the airline managed to get two people to give up their seats because the flight was oversold, we all started boarding. I was in one of the last zones. Nicole and I went our seperate ways, and I boarded. The flight went rather smoothly. No major issues, and landed in Atlanta pretty quickly. That's when the day got fun. Atlanta is even more of a clusterfuck than O'Hare, and apparently Delta's favorite transfer hub. Of course the first thing I do when I get to Atlanta is ask how to get to my next flight. So here's what the guy says. "Ok, just go to A19, make a left, go down the escalator, and jump on the train"...the train? Yes. Atlanta has a train that shuttles in between the different concourses. It's ridiculous. But my concourse was also 1/2 mile away from my first plane, so I guess is proved useful. Anyway, I was stuck in Atlanta for about 2 1/2 hours waiting for my plane back home. We had to board late because they were still servicing the plane. Eventually we started boarding. Now this part was fun. We were at a split gate, so there were basically 3 gates running out of the one exit from the airport. You had to go out the exit, down a staircase, and then follow some path outside that they had created to get to your plane. Atlanta wasn't exactly warm, and I was still in shorts. Not the best plan ever. In any case, I got on the plane, and noticed it was quite different. Yes, this plane was 2 seats on each side of the aisle. Not fun. At least I always get an aisle seat. So the guy next to me was asleep the entire flight. It wasn't really an issue til we started descending. Apparently that made him start snoring. And we had to spend half an hour descending because there wasn't anywhere for us to land right away at O'Hare. But yeah, we landed eventually, I found my dad pretty quickly, and got home.
Basically from there I was just trying to get more accustomed to being at home, which is rather difficult. I mean, I knew my way around my own house obviously, but it still feels kinda weird being here. Just kinda. I'm sure I'll feel better about being here once I start seeing other people here. But still, at the moment I really do already miss my friends from Ringling. Also why I'm glad some of them have Skype so we can still keep in contact. In any case, I was tired as hell, so I actually kept falling asleep while I was on AIM. It was bad...but I eventually just went to bed, and woke up not too long ago. So yeah. That's my story thus far. I'll update this again later.
--Franticc
I be back home again for break, just for a month. Yesterday was pretty crazy. I woke up around 7 EST (so basically 6AM here), and got to the airport around 9 with Nicole. She got her boarding pass after 9:30 when JetBlue people actually showed up. We got breakfast, went through security (which was so much easier than I was expecting). After that we went to my gate and hung out there. Now, let's remember that this was the first time I've been on a plane in 6 years, and I'd be flying alone for the first time. Nicole has been one of my best friends over the past couple of months, and having her there waiting with me did help. In any case, after the airline managed to get two people to give up their seats because the flight was oversold, we all started boarding. I was in one of the last zones. Nicole and I went our seperate ways, and I boarded. The flight went rather smoothly. No major issues, and landed in Atlanta pretty quickly. That's when the day got fun. Atlanta is even more of a clusterfuck than O'Hare, and apparently Delta's favorite transfer hub. Of course the first thing I do when I get to Atlanta is ask how to get to my next flight. So here's what the guy says. "Ok, just go to A19, make a left, go down the escalator, and jump on the train"...the train? Yes. Atlanta has a train that shuttles in between the different concourses. It's ridiculous. But my concourse was also 1/2 mile away from my first plane, so I guess is proved useful. Anyway, I was stuck in Atlanta for about 2 1/2 hours waiting for my plane back home. We had to board late because they were still servicing the plane. Eventually we started boarding. Now this part was fun. We were at a split gate, so there were basically 3 gates running out of the one exit from the airport. You had to go out the exit, down a staircase, and then follow some path outside that they had created to get to your plane. Atlanta wasn't exactly warm, and I was still in shorts. Not the best plan ever. In any case, I got on the plane, and noticed it was quite different. Yes, this plane was 2 seats on each side of the aisle. Not fun. At least I always get an aisle seat. So the guy next to me was asleep the entire flight. It wasn't really an issue til we started descending. Apparently that made him start snoring. And we had to spend half an hour descending because there wasn't anywhere for us to land right away at O'Hare. But yeah, we landed eventually, I found my dad pretty quickly, and got home.
Basically from there I was just trying to get more accustomed to being at home, which is rather difficult. I mean, I knew my way around my own house obviously, but it still feels kinda weird being here. Just kinda. I'm sure I'll feel better about being here once I start seeing other people here. But still, at the moment I really do already miss my friends from Ringling. Also why I'm glad some of them have Skype so we can still keep in contact. In any case, I was tired as hell, so I actually kept falling asleep while I was on AIM. It was bad...but I eventually just went to bed, and woke up not too long ago. So yeah. That's my story thus far. I'll update this again later.
--Franticc