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Fri, Nov. 3rd, 2006 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterI don't think I've been able to travel anywhere further than half and hour out from my house without experiencing all sorts of transportation woes. Of course, much of this is my own doing, but still. Recently, it's been just going to work -- I got stuck on the expressway for an hour for a drive that usually takes fifteen minutes because I managed to run into not one, but two accidents.
Perhaps my luck has changed! Or, more precisely, perhaps I've managed to make it work for me!
My flight to LAX was going to leave at 8:40; since the airport is close to work, I was just going to veg out at the local Borders and make it to the airport. Alas, me being me, I got a little distracted by Fullmetal Alchemist vol. 2 and Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden vol. 5 (ok, I totally lied when I said I was giving up Yuu Watase). I managed to get lost about eighteen different times, and when I finally made it to the airport, long-term parking seemed half an hour away, and I basically figured I was going to miss the plane to my grandfather's funeral and everyone would yell at me for not giving myself enough time to make the flight.
By the time I got to the check-in counter, I had an hour to check-in and make it through security, and I figured I would make it, even if it was a bit tight (yay no baggage to check-in), and promptly began to freak out a little over not enough time! I will miss the flight! Woe!
I played with the touchscreen and feared that it would lose my reservation, which I triple-checked because I was never emailed the receipt. It found the reservation, and then kindly informed me that my flight was two hours late and would miss my connecting flight, would I like to book something else.
At this point, I nearly sat down and cried and laughed at the same time. Thankfully, a nice UA person was nearby and let me know that they had already made arrangements for everyone with connecting flights and would not only give me my boarding pass right there, but would also drive me up to SFO, where the other flight was.
So, while I have missed my flight, I am now safely ensconed in SFO with hours to spare (I like SFO better than San Jose), I have browsed through the airport bookstore, which is really quite good (branch of Books Inc, even has manga to my great amusement), and instead of having to take a red-eye with two layovers, I now only have to go through one layover. And I still get to my aunt's at the same time as before.
Murphy strikes again, but for once, to my advantage!
Perhaps my luck has changed! Or, more precisely, perhaps I've managed to make it work for me!
My flight to LAX was going to leave at 8:40; since the airport is close to work, I was just going to veg out at the local Borders and make it to the airport. Alas, me being me, I got a little distracted by Fullmetal Alchemist vol. 2 and Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden vol. 5 (ok, I totally lied when I said I was giving up Yuu Watase). I managed to get lost about eighteen different times, and when I finally made it to the airport, long-term parking seemed half an hour away, and I basically figured I was going to miss the plane to my grandfather's funeral and everyone would yell at me for not giving myself enough time to make the flight.
By the time I got to the check-in counter, I had an hour to check-in and make it through security, and I figured I would make it, even if it was a bit tight (yay no baggage to check-in), and promptly began to freak out a little over not enough time! I will miss the flight! Woe!
I played with the touchscreen and feared that it would lose my reservation, which I triple-checked because I was never emailed the receipt. It found the reservation, and then kindly informed me that my flight was two hours late and would miss my connecting flight, would I like to book something else.
At this point, I nearly sat down and cried and laughed at the same time. Thankfully, a nice UA person was nearby and let me know that they had already made arrangements for everyone with connecting flights and would not only give me my boarding pass right there, but would also drive me up to SFO, where the other flight was.
So, while I have missed my flight, I am now safely ensconed in SFO with hours to spare (I like SFO better than San Jose), I have browsed through the airport bookstore, which is really quite good (branch of Books Inc, even has manga to my great amusement), and instead of having to take a red-eye with two layovers, I now only have to go through one layover. And I still get to my aunt's at the same time as before.
Murphy strikes again, but for once, to my advantage!
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Sun, Nov. 5th, 2006 02:05 am (UTC)Also, I rather liked vol. 5 of Genbu Kaiden. Damn you, Yuu Watase, you have ensnared me yet again!
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Sun, Nov. 5th, 2006 06:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Sun, Nov. 5th, 2006 10:56 pm (UTC)