WELL, I'M FINALLY HERE. LEFT NEWARK, N.J. AT 3PM EASTERN TIME AND ARRIVED AT MIDNIGHT IN PHOENIX (9PM ARIZONA TIME). THAT INCLUDED A 3 HOUR LAYOVER IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT. IT IS NOW MIDNIGHT ARIZONA TIME (3:06AM EST) AND I AM JET LAGGED AND WIRED AT THE SAME TIME. HOW GREAT IS THIS? THAT IS WHY I FIGURED I SHOULD WRITE MY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY...
FLYING IN THE AFTERNOON ROCKS. NO LINE FOR PARKING, NO LINE AT THE CHECK-IN COUNTER, NO LINE AT THE SECURITY CHECK...FLIGHT LEFT ON TIME AND ARRIVED EARLY IN DALLAS... HAD DINNER AT AN IRISH PUB (THE BANGERS AND MASH WERE DELICIOUS!). THE SECOND FLIGHT WAS A BIT EERIE. THE PLANE WAS SO OLD I THOUGHT THE WINGS WERE WOODEN. (THANKS TO THE GENIUS BEHIND ME SHOWING ME THE BORN ON DATE OF THE PLANE!) THEN, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE HARD WORKING FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, IT SEEMED THIS WAS THE FLIGHT THAT THEY WORKED BEFORE THEY RETIRED... I THINK THE CREW WORKED THIS PLANE FROM THE BEGINNING! THE BULKHEAD CREAKED AND SQUEAKED ALL OVER THE RUNWAY. IT EVEN MADE NOISE IN THE AIR. BUT WE ARRIVED SAFELY AND ON TIME.
WENT TO THE LUGGAGE CAROUSEL AND EVERYONE BUT ME GOT THEIR BAGS. ALWAYS NERVOUS WHEN YOUR BAGS CONNECT ALSO. THEN I AM PAGED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES! SEEMS MY BAG CAUGHT AN EARLIER FLIGHT FROM DALLAS. HOW COOL WAS THAT! A BUS RIDE TO THE RENAL CAR PICK-UP, AND AGAIN NO LINE. THEN, LUCKILY I HAD MY GPS BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS CLOSED IN TWO SPOTS TO GET TO THE HOTEL. GOT HERE, CHECKED IN AND THE KEY DIDN'T WORK! BUT THEY RECTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND NOW I AM IN MY ROOM TYPING AWAY.
RUNNING OUT OF GAS NOW. WILL SLEEP AND HANG AT POOL TOMORROW, MAKE PHONE CALLS TO APARTMENTS AND SEE IF I NEED APPOINTMENTS... GOOD NIGHT? MORNING? FOR NOW.
BY THE WAY, IT WAS 91 DEGREES WHEN I LANDED TONIGHT...
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