Here I sit, broken hearted. Came to fly, but ain’t departed.
Soooo, at the last minute, last night the plane developed mechanical problems. They strung us along till 1:00am, then rebooked us all automatically to a new, added for our benefit, flight today. They gave us food and hotel vouchers, and sent us on our way.
Here I sit again, waiting for my third attempt to leave the country to fail.
So, here I sit moldering in the Atlanta airport. It was shut down for two hours due to severe weather on Friday… my travel day, and I missed my connecting flight to Manchester airport in England. Lots of heartache later (blog post forthcoming), and I end up staying the night at a roach motel nearby — at least it was better than sleeping at the airport. I rebooked the flight last night before I left, and I’m on the identical flight today, unfortunately it doesn’t leave till 8:25pm. They did, however, bump me to business class, so I’ll at least be a bit more comfortable.
What a fucking nightmare. At least the weather looks good, and I have no connecting flights. So, I just have 6 hours to kill. Hope this one works out.
P.S. — Jeebus bless BlackBerry and an internet connection! I can keep in contact with folks, and post blog entries as I sit here growing moss.
Prepare to be uncomfortable. Feel free to look at your shoes, I don’t expect eye contact.
I’m a little drunk, I’m a little amorous, and I’m very alone. I seem to quote a lot these days, so here’s to Meatloaf: “Two out of three ain’t bad”.
I got no one to snuggle, to keep me warm, to be there in the morning when I wake up. Hooray! Ain’t life grand. The house is quiet and I have an empty bed to rock me to sleep. You want the definition of misery, this is it. Look it up in the dictionary, there’s a lovely picture of me… showing my good side too!
And tomorrow is another day. Likely this will pass, and I’ll be fine for a few days. Resilient, that’s me. I always bounce back, except that I feel like a damned yo-yo these days. Stamp “Duncan” on my ass and make sure my string isn’t wound too tight or it might snap.