Thursday – 21 December 2006
Mary, sweet mother of God, have mercy. This day has been long and has include some things that approximate comedies of errors:

  • I did not make it onto my flight this morning.
  • The counter agent rebooked me on a Delta flight – First Class, no less. w00t!
  • I went to stand in a VERY long line to be issued a Delta ticket.
  • I stood in another long line (for security screening).
  • I flew, rather comfortably, to Philadelphia… while watching the pilot to Blade: the Series on my iPod.
  • Discovered that I am not a fan of the Philadelphia International Airport
    1. I arrived at one terminal and had to walk across four other terminals to make my connection.
    2. I had to exit the secure area at my arrival gate to go to the departing terminal… where I got to go through security again.
  • I had my own row on a 767 from Philly to Charlotte.
  • I arrived in Charlotte to discover that my luggage had decided to go sightseeing… without me. This would have been far more irritating if quite a few other passengers hadn’t had the same problem. We were all staring at each other around the baggage carousel – and in the USAirways Baggage Claim Office line – with “What the fuck, mate?!” looks in our eyes.

Despite all of the above, the following stands out: I’m home and things could have been a lot worse.

I’m beat, so that’s all for now.

Namaste.