The Argument Clinic

So I got in a few hours ago. Flight to albany was pretty smooth (only smooth one this week actually) and my headache went away right before it - YAY! It was also only about 1/2 full so we weren’t all packed in like the first flight. No one was in the middle seat for our row so plenty of room.

Relieved to be home (and my kitties are very happy to see me ), and still relieved that the conference was actually worth traveling for (cause that isn’t always the case). Came home tonight to my stupid smoke alarm beeping once every minute (this has been a recurring issue lately), tried replacing the battery (with several new 9 volts) and that didn’t work. Luckily the maintenance guy came and replaced it (seems that the old one just died or something)…so only needed to hear it beeping for a few hours this evening before he got here (luckily no one else was around to hear me yelling at the alarm and occasionally hitting it [figured it couldn’t hurt] before maintenance got here ).

The rest of the night i spent catching up on scrubs and grey’s anatomy…now its time to sleep, yay!

People are annoying, in case you were wondering…or at least they are when you are traveling…

So, if you haven’t traveled southwest (or read my previous entries about them) seating is first come, first serve (as an aside, not complaining about southwest here, just the people who travel on it). That gets back to the subject of this post. There is always at least one person who thinks that, even though they came later than everyone else, that they are too good to stand in line behind other people. One guy did that today as we were boarding. Just walked straight past everyone on the b line, said he didn’t choose southwest, his company did, and pushed his way in. I was talking to a man and a woman standing behind me (they were traveling separately). The rude, cutting-off guy was going in front of the woman I had been talking to. She was pretty funny though cause she pushed past him and said she needed to sit with her husband…that was funny cause the guy wasn’t actually her husband, they just met in line

Anyways, there were a few other people who tried the same thing in different areas of different lines.

People on this flight aren’t even standing in line, they just lined up their suitcases in line and went off and talked to whoever they wanted. I’m sorry, but if you want a better seat then put in the effort to wait in line. Grr…

Long day, didn’t sleep well last night, can never sleep on planes, have had a pounding sinus headache since before my first flight (which was bumpy pretty much the whole time)…so am just looking forward to being in my apartment completely away from people…

Ok, back to waiting for my flight.

So I am at the san diego airport, waiting for my flight to baltimore. Am in the b group, which is a little annoying (checked in a little late…meaning 23.5 hours before my flight instead of 24). At least I’m not in C though.

Checked the weather, is supposed to be raining in baltimore (hmm…that’s a counting crows song, right?) later today, so hoping the landing and take-off from there isn’t too bad. But at this point just looking forward to being home in front of my tivo.

Luckily I didn’t rely solely on my wake up call at the hotel this morning, cause they never actually called. Oh well.

Ok, back to waiting in line…fun stuff. So very tired (but getting up at 4 will do that to you).

So the conference workshop is all done. Was actually pretty interesting, first time in a while that I went to a conference and hadn’t already heard 90% of the prsentations before. So it was worth the trip out here.

So tonight I am just watching tv and eating room service in the hotel. I travel back tomorrow morning, get in around 5 pm east coast time.

That’s it for now…

Been a long day, filled with pretty much all of my transportation-related fears/ issues. Started with driving through my snow filled apartment parking lot (hate driving in snow)…then the take off in albany was bumpy, flight to vegas was ok, but descent and landing was really bumpy (a lot of people seemed freaked out by it). Though I was sitting with a really nice couple from waterford, made the flight nicer.

Then the flight from vegas to san diego was bumpy the entire time (flight attendants were asked to sit through most of it). Last, but not least, I got to ride in a taxi on a california freeway…fun stuff

First time I have been in the airport in vegas, slot machines everywhere (if you know me at all you already know that I think that’s extremely tacky). Got sick of hearing them while waiting for my flight.

Anyways, after a very long day am relieved to be in my hotel. Just had some good room service (topped off by a glass of white zinfandel that I really needed). Am just going to relax in front of the tv for the rest of the night