Cursed
My flight back to Hartford last night was supposed to leave Philadelphia at 10:40PM. I was running a little late since I spent the entire evening at the 'Nog in Philadelphia with the regular crew there. I arrived at the airport at 10PM (Mpls Ju - you must be shocked). To my dismay, I notice that my flight is delayed and I am not leaving until 1:30AM. 1:30AM? How on earth can a flight be delayed for over three hours? Can't they just switch us to another plane if the incoming flight is that late?
I almost hopped back on a train to Center City, but decided that I would just wait it out. I made some phone calls to keep myself entertained, until I drained my phone battery. I was quite irritated that the airline offered no explanation for the delay (since the storms passed through around 2PM), but I figured it was just an incoming aircraft issue. Well, the incoming aircraft was even later than it was supposed to be. When it arrived from Dallas, about 8-10 people on the flight were going to Hartford, so it makes a little more sense why we had to wait. We didn't leave until 2AM and I didn't get back to my apartment until shortly before 4AM.
It's days like this when I love that I cannot sleep past 9:30AM. Really, it's quite an amazing talent of mine. Thankfully, I got about 1-1.5 hours of shuteye during the whole travel ordeal, so all is not lost for the Goo Goo Dolls/Counting Crows concert today.
I am just a little sarcastic this morning.
The flight to Philly on Thursday also was delayed. We left the gate on time at 7:15AM (which resulted in a 5AM wake up alarm for me). About two minutes later, the pilot says that due to air traffic in Philadelphia, we have to sit on the runway for an hour. I didn't get into the office on Thursday until 10:15AM. It just feels wrong walking in that late (unless you are RoopDogg).
The rest of the trip (i.e., other than the work part) was awesome. I went to a sweet Indian restaurant on Thursday night with someone from the office that I didn't really know before this trip and I checked out the Society Hill area that evening. It seems like a really nice place to live if you can handle a 1-1.5 mile walk (or bus ride) into work each day.
I almost hopped back on a train to Center City, but decided that I would just wait it out. I made some phone calls to keep myself entertained, until I drained my phone battery. I was quite irritated that the airline offered no explanation for the delay (since the storms passed through around 2PM), but I figured it was just an incoming aircraft issue. Well, the incoming aircraft was even later than it was supposed to be. When it arrived from Dallas, about 8-10 people on the flight were going to Hartford, so it makes a little more sense why we had to wait. We didn't leave until 2AM and I didn't get back to my apartment until shortly before 4AM.
It's days like this when I love that I cannot sleep past 9:30AM. Really, it's quite an amazing talent of mine. Thankfully, I got about 1-1.5 hours of shuteye during the whole travel ordeal, so all is not lost for the Goo Goo Dolls/Counting Crows concert today.
I am just a little sarcastic this morning.
The flight to Philly on Thursday also was delayed. We left the gate on time at 7:15AM (which resulted in a 5AM wake up alarm for me). About two minutes later, the pilot says that due to air traffic in Philadelphia, we have to sit on the runway for an hour. I didn't get into the office on Thursday until 10:15AM. It just feels wrong walking in that late (unless you are RoopDogg).
The rest of the trip (i.e., other than the work part) was awesome. I went to a sweet Indian restaurant on Thursday night with someone from the office that I didn't really know before this trip and I checked out the Society Hill area that evening. It seems like a really nice place to live if you can handle a 1-1.5 mile walk (or bus ride) into work each day.
posted by GaryGinew at 10:44 AM
2 Comments:
I'm still mad you didn't bite at my softball comment a few days ago. But why would I be surprised you got to the airport so late? Have fun at the concert!
Sorry Ju. I confused you with CableGirl. She always gives me a hard time about getting to the airport 75-90 minutes before the flight.
And I did "bite" on your softball comment. I just didn't see it on the CC blog until today since I was gone. You suck.
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