The Day in Shambles
Today was mostly bad.
Woke up at 4:50am and heated up old coffee.
Left the house with my luggage and my mom at 5:30am.
Blasted the music to keep my mom awake on the half hour trip to the airport.
Circled around the airport slowly for a half hour with my flight time getting close and closer.
Got my bags checked in and sent to security without a boarding pass.
Ran from security to the gate with my knapsack bouncing on my back, arriving at 6:51am.
The flight didn't pull away until 6:55, but they wouldn't let me on.
I got on the beginning of a useless standby list for a flight at 9:30.
Got kicked out of cafe seating for not being a paying customer, even though there weren't people without paces to sit or anything.
Journaled and took at nap at the gate.
Paced and talked to Jamin on the phone for a while, who was needlessly on the road on his way to Omaha to get me.
Got a delicious sandwich at Potbelly Sandwiches....egg, mushroom (subbed for bacon), tomato and lettuce on toasted wheat roll.
Drank delicious pomegranate Pear Juice.
Didn't get on the 9:30 flight.
Got put first on standby for a flight at 12:05pm.
Napped on the floor with my knapsack for a pillow and a sweater for a blanket and my my new little iPod shuffle singing me lullibies.
Woke up and talked to Ella, a girl I went to High School with who was next in the standby order, who didn't get on flight #3 either...
Got a lemon-poppyseed muffin and my favorite tea in my own mug (I really like the folks at Potbelly)
Called Jamin and told him to go home.
Called Dad and got some advice.
Called a Southwest Airlines Agent who charged $80 to my credit card and got me on the 6:55 flight tomorrow.
Called my mom and told her to come back and get me.
Went out to the arrivals (and rejects) curb to wait for my mom.
Did much angry dancing accompanied by a turned-loud iPod and got funny looks that I didn't mind.
Watched pigeons.
Finally got picked up at 1pm.
Went to the mall to make an exchange for a gift that I planned on swapping on my way though Sioux City that never went.
Went home and made coffee in this freaky little cup at a time machine my mom had in the cupboard.
Wondered about where my luggage --school stuff, laptop, clothes, project supplies, tea, french-press, hygiene items--ended up.
Fell asleep in the living room while Mom and Rew went to go get him checked out for yet another pressing ailment.
Made reservations for a Greyhound bus ride from Omaha for Sioux Center tomorrow.
Emailed profs and called my roommates to tell them I am MIA.
Went to the pharmacy with my mom.
Bought trail mix to get me through my travels until I (hopefully) get back to Dordt tomorrow. (I can't afford anymore Potbelly Sandwiches).
Went home and hugged Rew a lot.
I want to do something to make him better, but I'm so helpless there.
Went to the library to return a video and make copies of tax forms for my mom.
Decided to type this all out as a means for personal processing.
Moral of the story: Wake up earlier to get to the airport and don't fly Southwest because they think it's cool to overbook all of their flights...
Time to go home, go to bed and try again tomorrow.
Woke up at 4:50am and heated up old coffee.
Left the house with my luggage and my mom at 5:30am.
Blasted the music to keep my mom awake on the half hour trip to the airport.
Circled around the airport slowly for a half hour with my flight time getting close and closer.
Got my bags checked in and sent to security without a boarding pass.
Ran from security to the gate with my knapsack bouncing on my back, arriving at 6:51am.
The flight didn't pull away until 6:55, but they wouldn't let me on.
I got on the beginning of a useless standby list for a flight at 9:30.
Got kicked out of cafe seating for not being a paying customer, even though there weren't people without paces to sit or anything.
Journaled and took at nap at the gate.
Paced and talked to Jamin on the phone for a while, who was needlessly on the road on his way to Omaha to get me.
Got a delicious sandwich at Potbelly Sandwiches....egg, mushroom (subbed for bacon), tomato and lettuce on toasted wheat roll.
Drank delicious pomegranate Pear Juice.
Didn't get on the 9:30 flight.
Got put first on standby for a flight at 12:05pm.
Napped on the floor with my knapsack for a pillow and a sweater for a blanket and my my new little iPod shuffle singing me lullibies.
Woke up and talked to Ella, a girl I went to High School with who was next in the standby order, who didn't get on flight #3 either...
Got a lemon-poppyseed muffin and my favorite tea in my own mug (I really like the folks at Potbelly)
Called Jamin and told him to go home.
Called Dad and got some advice.
Called a Southwest Airlines Agent who charged $80 to my credit card and got me on the 6:55 flight tomorrow.
Called my mom and told her to come back and get me.
Went out to the arrivals (and rejects) curb to wait for my mom.
Did much angry dancing accompanied by a turned-loud iPod and got funny looks that I didn't mind.
Watched pigeons.
Finally got picked up at 1pm.
Went to the mall to make an exchange for a gift that I planned on swapping on my way though Sioux City that never went.
Went home and made coffee in this freaky little cup at a time machine my mom had in the cupboard.
Wondered about where my luggage --school stuff, laptop, clothes, project supplies, tea, french-press, hygiene items--ended up.
Fell asleep in the living room while Mom and Rew went to go get him checked out for yet another pressing ailment.
Made reservations for a Greyhound bus ride from Omaha for Sioux Center tomorrow.
Emailed profs and called my roommates to tell them I am MIA.
Went to the pharmacy with my mom.
Bought trail mix to get me through my travels until I (hopefully) get back to Dordt tomorrow. (I can't afford anymore Potbelly Sandwiches).
Went home and hugged Rew a lot.
I want to do something to make him better, but I'm so helpless there.
Went to the library to return a video and make copies of tax forms for my mom.
Decided to type this all out as a means for personal processing.
Moral of the story: Wake up earlier to get to the airport and don't fly Southwest because they think it's cool to overbook all of their flights...
Time to go home, go to bed and try again tomorrow.