Note to self: Don’t schedule a connecting flight through
Philadelphia during winter.
My trip from Salt Lake City back to Virginia after Christmas
break was quite the excursion. I spent most of Friday in the Philadelphia
airport and a good portion of Saturday in the Charlotte airport. Long story
short, after 46 hours, two delayed flights, two cancelled flights, a night on a
plane, two hours in a line for the service desk, a night in the airport, rerouting through Charlotte, a missed
connection, an unfruitful standby ticket, an incorrect seat assignment, and late
luggage delivery, I (and all my possessions) am now settled back in
Williamsburg.
I’m not anxious to repeat the trip, but if that’s the worst
I have to deal with in traveling 2,000 miles, it’s not so bad. There are many
worse places and experiences in the world.
Not to mention I got to go home for Christmas – not everyone
gets to do that.
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| Yay for mountains and snow! |
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| Puzzling on Christmas Day |
From a law school perspective, the best part of the break was
a respite from the unrelenting feeling that I should be studying. It was enough
of a break that I’m now ready for that feeling to come back for next semester, which
starts tomorrow. Happily, my last flight landed early enough that I was able to
get to the bookstore and get my books, which means I can do my first day’s
worth of homework tomorrow morning before class.
So, although I’ll be up really early tomorrow to read about
Property and Constitutional Law, although I need groceries or I’ll be eating Ramen
all week, and although I have a long list of to do items that didn’t get done
as I was sitting in airports for two days, my life is good.
Happy New Year!
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| Sunrise in Philadelphia (it was prettier in real life) |
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