{"id":954,"date":"2010-09-10T14:14:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T21:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmosby.twilightrealm.com\/blog\/?p=954"},"modified":"2018-10-01T14:39:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T21:39:44","slug":"954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.twilightrealm.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/10\/954","title":{"rendered":"Blah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s started out as a normal day. Wake up, get ready.<\/p>\n<p>What happened? I&#8217;m sitting here on the very back seat of a plane, nauseous as hell.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m having to type without looking at the screen because there&#8217;s so little leg room, my computer screen is tipped forward, the the laptop seated on my lap. <\/p>\n<p>Where to start. I thought I broke the cab driver&#8217;s door, because when the door slid back, the handle somehow got caught, and in the driver trying to close it, it broke the handle, I think. For the whole ride the door seemed a bit off, and I worried during some turns that the whole thing was going to fall off.<\/p>\n<p>When we got to the airport, my credit card was declined. I had him watch my stuff while I ran into the airport to find an ATM, but heard it was on the next floor up in the corner, so ran back out and had him try a different card. I was worried I&#8217;d miss my flight. Tried the other car, it worked, forgot to TIP him, felt awful. Apologized a lot.<\/p>\n<p>There was a moment of horror inside the airport when I thought maybe I had booked my flight with another airline, before discovering I was using another airline&#8217;s reservation machine. So got my ticket, went the wrong way for a while, couldn&#8217;t find my flight on the tv screen, went back, headed up the escalator, saw the ATM machine, put my card in a few times, nothing happened. There was a Windows screen up with a drop down menu&#8211;the bloody thing was out of order. So decided to just ask the guy at the checkpoint where another ATM was. I asked if I had time to get to it, and he said sure, my flight didn&#8217;t leave &#8217;til 5 pm, which I knew was immediately wrong. He realized it he was looking at the ticket for my connecting flight, and with horror (again) I realized I didn&#8217;t have the other ticket. So I went back down, no escalator (bastards), just stairs, and found the airline guy behind the desk waving my ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Retrieved ticket, took escalator back up, and suddenly there was a line when there wasn&#8217;t one before. Yay. Got through the checkpoint fine, hurried to my gate, and was relieved to find they weren&#8217;t boarding yet. Called the cab service, and tipped the driver. Then went down to a little eatery place, ordered a little food and a bottled water&#8211;everyone kept walking up to the counter and getting served before me, despite that I was under the &#8220;Order Here&#8221; sign. So moved over, ordered, and then&#8211;my credit card was declined. Nearly burst into tears. The woman offered me the food anyway but I was too embarrassed, and left.<\/p>\n<p>Got on the flight. Go figure, my seat is in the very back, and now here I am, trying my best not to puke.<\/p>\n<p>I puked.<\/p>\n<p>Needed something to eat but had no money, wasn&#8217;t going to ask or beg. Went to a food\/drink booth and stole a pre-made wrap. Tasted awful. Ate half of it anyway. Used a water fountain for drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Now sitting at the airport, waiting two more hours for my next flight. Bad taste of peppers in my mouth; better than stomach bile.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on the next plane. The people here have more character than I&#8217;ve seen on planes. It feels a bit unreal. I can&#8217;t help but feel like this is going to be the next Lost, and the guy who made a big deal about spilling some coffee looks like Locke, and the guy trying to talk to him, who has booked an extra seat for his guitar case, slightly resembles a young Sayid, but character-wise will be Charlie. Me, I&#8217;ll be one of the few that go flying out with their seat during the crash.<\/p>\n<p>I just want to get home and pack my stuff, and see my mom, friends, and pets again. I hope this flight goes better than the last.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 minutes later and we&#8217;re still sitting here on the runway. There&#8217;s apparently about 30 planes ahead of us, so it&#8217;s going to be a while.<\/p>\n<p>Flight wasn&#8217;t as bad as the one before. Finally made it, went back to mum&#8217;s house, made some mac n&#8217; cheese, and then went to bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s started out as a normal day. Wake up, get ready. What happened? 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