On The Road Again

I did finally make it home on Saturday afternoon. It got too depressing recounting every horrible bit of my airport experience. Lets just say me and the female TSA employees got to be real friendly like with each other. Stupid scanners.

I celebrated my home coming by falling asleep on the couch. Wearing a santa hat. Momma took pictures.

Christmas was wonderful but much too short. I'm already heading back to Boston. Have been since 8am yesterday morning.

Am currently playing on my laptop from my dad's little apartment up by Quantico. Its cute.

The Neverending Nightmare Part Six

December 21

3:56AM-4:52AM

Am so excited that i'll be boarding plane soon! I head up to the ticket counters, which are swamped even at this time.

4:56AM

Gleefully hand over ID an bounce expectantly in place waiting for boarding pass.

4:58AM

Still waiting. Counter girl frowns. PLEASE DON'T FROWN. She cannot see that i have a booked flight for the day. Informed her of everything that had occured in the last 5 hours.

5:00AM

She found my ticket. It is for 6:50AM SATURDAY. The jackass from this morning told me the wrong date in his anxiety to get to his break. Sonuvabitch. Counter girl hands me a stand by ticket and suggests that i go see if i can make my way onto the flight.

5:01AM

Restrain myself from using telekinetic powers of the mind to rip girl limb from limb.

5:02AM

Get back into security line for the 5th time in a 24hr period.

5:15AM

Get pulled aside for full scanning FOR THE THIRD TIME. ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME?! DO I LOOK LIKE A TERRORIST TO YOU? WHEN DID I HAVE TIME TO PICK UP CONTRABAND WHEN I HAVEN'T LEFT THE DAMN AIRPORT IN 24 HOURS.

5:20AM

Guards notice my displeasure and attempt to reassure me by explaining what it is they are going to do to me and that i was selected randomly. YOU MEAN I WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED TO BE GROPED 3 TIMES TODAY? OH AREN'T I THE LUCKY GIRL.

6:50AM

Flight is full. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 dollars.

I quit.

Awake for 22 Hours..

Its been awhile since i've done this. Since my phone is dead I don't have an alarm that could wake me for my flight so i just decided to stay up till my plane comes in. Luckily, i have several international friends through my World of Warcraft Guild. Chatting and playing with them has kept me awake. And my character is all decked out for Christmas now.

Epic Nightmare Part Five

December 20

6:45PM-9:00PM

The hours here are a blur. I fell into a light sleep at one point, curled around my carry on items, leaning against the vending machine. People came and went. The floor was very cold. My snazzy jacket is dirty. My phone decided to die on me and i haz no charger. I also have no pocket change it seems. And when i tried to call my home phone collect, that service is not available. Thankfully my laptop works and i had managed to haunt various electrical outlets. I also ate dinner somewhere in there.

9:00Pm-10:00PM

Am tired. Want to go home. Want to inflict considerable damage on fellow whiney passengers.

10:00PM-11:00PM

Announcement! Plane was diverted from Texas and sent to us! The peasants rejoiced.

11:28PM

Plane is circling over Rhode Island, waiting to land.

December 21st

12:10AM

Plane still waiting to land. Natives are getting restless.

12:30AM

Plane diverted to Connecticut. FAIL! Flight Cancelled.
I have been at the airport for 13.5 hours.
Eyes welled.

1:34AM

Rebooked a flight to Orlando at 6:50AM. Trains for home have stopped running. Cab ride will cost a ridiculous amount to get back to Somerville and then get another cab back at 5 in the morning.

1:45AM

Call Momma, let her know whats gone down.

1:50AM

Search for a place to sleep. Notice a large group of Puerto Ricans waiting for a 3:00AM flight to Richmond. Set up camp with them so as to not get kicked out of the terminal by security. Posing as random cousin is easy and a tactic used before. The family does not notice. One of them passes me the box of crackers they are sharing.

1:55AM-2:45AM

Eat crackers with Familia Perez. Play online. Update blog with DRAMATIC TALE OF WOE.

3:15AM

Say goodbye to surrogate familia. Go Downstairs.

Present Time

3:56AM

Lay underneath escalator. Think you are one of "the people under the stairs. The one they call Roach." Laugh quietly to self. Ignore people who look over at you as they walk past.

Holidays Are Hell Part Four

December 20

6:30PM

Time to board! Much cheering ensues. I dart off into the tunnel and just as im approaching the plane my name is called. Security has tracked me down!

6:32PM

I boarded the wrong flight. Im a STOWAWAY! My flight is 439 to orlando. I boarded 437. You know why i didn't see another gate that said Orlando? BECAUSE MY FLIGHT IS DELAYED TILL 11:20PM. The people who retrieved me also noted that my security screening was not recorded. AND THEY SENT ME BACK TO THE SECURITY GATES.

6:37PM

I have caused a scandal in the security ranks. Someone let me through without being properly checked. OR HIGHLIGHTING THAT DAMN BOARDING PASS.

6:38PM

You mean Olga got her jollies scot free and i'll have to do this again? Yes, Lyan, for you see you have been a terrible person in a past life and now we WREAK KARMIC JUSTICE. Now stand up against that wall, and spread em. Oh you can do better than that can't you girlie?

6:45PM

Violated, i walk towards the correct gate and assume the fetal position on the floor next to a vending machine.

Holidays Are Hell Part Three

December 20th

4:00PM

Flight cancelled. On stand by with 10 others. Am not at top of the list. If the 6:00PM does not go through will be on stand by for the 10:15PM flight. Other passengers are getting angry. Its making me uncomfortable because absolutely nothing will get done if they continue to tie up resources by bitching.

4:15PM

Call my daddy. Daddy is waiting in DC to go road tripping with me to FL. Sadly i won't make it. Daddy goes on without me. HE LEAVES ME LOST AND ALONE AND PENNYLESS

4:16PM

Dramatics over, he advises me to buy a ticket straight to Florida. I do, and head back out to the JetBlue ticket counters instead.

4:30PM

Have 6:45PM tickets to Orlando! Things are looking up! I have to get in line and go through security again. Much failage.

5:00PM

Apparently my shady reputation has caught up with and i was selected for additional screening. Not only have i gone through security once today i have to get by a large woman with rough hands. She made it to second base without my permission i may add. Once i was allowed to wrap the shredded bits of dignity back around myself, i gathered my things and went to my gate. My boarding pass was not highlighted to indicate i was searched. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

5:13PM

Only 1 gate has Orlando on it. I sit down again on the cold dirty floor to wait. But the end is near and i, i am relieved.

Holidays Are Hell Part Two

December 20th

1:00PM

Feeling has been lost in my culito. The floor is cold and dirty. The lady on the phone next to me talks too loud.

1:55PM

Flight is delayed. Much sadness. New arrival time is 2:35PM

2:30PM

Plane has arrived. Announcement!

2:35PM

Damn. Flight is full. Volunteers are asked to go to standby rather than take the flight. Too much snowy debris on the runways make flying with full loads unsafe. Have now been moved to standby on the 400PM flight coming in from Mexico City.

2:40PM

Handsome young fellow has been making eyes at me. Dare i go over and ask him if he'd be willing to trade his seat for me in exchange for...my first born child perhaps? No? Fine. Considers teaching him about Puerto Rican Judo.

Judo know if i got a knife, judo know if i got a gun.

2:45PM

Remember that i am in an airport. And i am MUD if i act all threatening. I sit down and play Warcraft on my computer.

2:46PM-3:45PM

Read a trashy romance novel. Play PSP.

3:46PM

Find out that the 4:00PM flight has been cancelled. FRACK! It is still snowing. Next flight is at 6:00PM.
I have been at the airport for nearly 5 hours. Cry a tiny bit. Don't let anyone see.

Holidays are Hell Part One

December 20th

11:00AM

The day started out with snow. Lots and lots of snow. Traffic in the road and a ridiculous amount of people heading elsewhere for the holidays slowed things down considerably. I was just roaring into the airport concerned about being late and dodging already irate individuals.

11:10AM

Something is wrong with my ticket to Washington DC. I have to find someone to help me.

11:20AM

No one wants to help. Several people decide to go on break as i make it to a counter. I am directed to other lines.

11:30AM

Am getting nervous because plane leaves at 12:10PM. Am sent to Additional Services line. It is very long.

11:43AM

Jump into First Class line because Additional Services is taking too long. Lady finally looks at my boarding pass. And tells me i should have checked in by 11:40. Plane is closed. Nothing she can do to help me.

11:44AM

Urge to kill rises.

11:45AM

Ask calmly and politely why i cant just go down to the plane, its been delayed anyways, other people have had planes held for them.

11:46

Rudely told to get back in line for a standby ticket.

11:47AM

Urge to kill leaves, urge to cry takes over.

11:48AM

Refuses to cry.

11:50AM

Pick up standby ticket for 1:55PM. Call parents and give them the bad news.

12:00PM

Hundreds of people are sprawled throughout the terminals. I find a spot on the floor with a plug for my laptop next to a trash can. I sit. Goodwill towards mankind has returned as i wait patiently for the next flight.

Eh Heh

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1511201806

If the link doesn't take you directly just copy and paste into your URL bar.

I blame Aleta for this.

What's That Outside The Window?

Its a snow monster! And he's happy to...see you. That perv!

WOW

I had plans to go to the Boston Commons and take pictures today but once i actually got myself inside..well there was no power in the 'verse that could make me go back out there. Be content with the picture from my bedroom window. Perhaps tomorrow i'll venture out further.

I Am, Clearly, Insane.

I have several disturbing dreams that i cycle through over the course of the year. Sometimes i am able to change the outcome in it, sometimes not so much. One of the more horrible ones involves the loss of my teeth. According to a bit of research that i've done on the matter, many people have also experienced the "losing teeth" dream. This morning i woke up quite horrified because one of my good chomping teeth had decided to fall out and id chipped a canine. In the dream i had spit a rather large tooth out into my hand (it didn't even look like mine!) and promptly freaked out because i had no medical or dental insurance. haha. I remember popping a piece of mojito gum into my mouth and then promptly breaking the canine. Eventually a call was put in to my daddy who told me i should just go to the dentist and work out a payment plan. The trip to get my teeth looked at eventually ended up with me wandering into the middle of a prison riot. How did i end up in a prison? No idea. But a large Mexican man named Pancho threw me to the ground and threatened to SHANK ME.

This is where i woke up. Thank God. I looked up the significance of my teeth falling out in a dream dictionary and got this:

"Losing teeth in dreams can point to insecurity about finances. In physical waking life, teeth are what we use to take in sustenance, to keep our bodies fit and nourished, and they are often lost when malnutrition is present. In order to take in nourishment we must be able to 'support' ourselves. Are you worried that you will lose the ability to take care of yourself or are you already not taking care of your needs? Nourishing ourselves comes in many forms, not just our bodily needs--we must nourish our minds, spirits, and hearts as well as our bodies. Is there any aspect of your life that feels like an empty hole?"

I have been having cravings for hotdogs lately. With chili and saurkraut. Mmmm.

As for my being manhandled by Pancho, the dream dictionary forewarns that i will fall into the hands of an enemy...

Interesting.

The Word For the Day Is Treacherous

I nearly died twice today as i walked home from work. Yes, walked. Alicia and i have taken to walking home together after work instead of riding the T. I've been trying to be tough and accompany her out in the cold rather than hide in the middle of the sweaty masses that pack themselves onto the trains after work. She usually asks me if I'm feeling well when i agree to the walk home. Its only about a mile or two, not a very long walk at all. But my God it is cold. So no matter the weather when i get up to go to the office i still make sure to wear many many layers underneath cos i know that walk in the dark is going to kick my culito.

Today, we had a fairly uneventful walk except for ALL OF THE TREACHEROUS ICE that made me very very nervous. By the time i was approaching my street i was mostly just gliding my boots along the top of the ice and propelling myself from street sign, to mailbox, to fence. Unfortunately, the fence was also coated in ice and i slipped down it and managed to catch myself on another sign. That was a close one.

For more weather related fun:

I was trapped in a horrific nightmare early this morning. In it i was being chased by a shadowy figure brandishing a couple of knives. He never caught me and every time i stopped to rest he would also stop, to sharpen his knives. The scrape scrape scrape of blades against each other finally freaked me out enough that i escaped my dream to stare wide eyed up at my slopey ceiling. But...i kept HEARING THE SCRAPE SCRAPE SCRAPE of those knives! I rolled out of bed and looked out my window to find several neighbors scraping the ice off of their cars. Gah. Stupid ice scrapers.

Hmm

I haven't been posting because there really isn't much anything worth mentioning going on. I go to work. I come home. Sometimes i do something with someone else. But mostly its just me hiding from the cold. The novelty of seeing snow and ice on the ground hasn't worn off yet though i keep being told to wait till February and I'll be good and sick of it by then. I removed the screen from my window so i can lean out and play with the snow that has accumulated on the roof.

It's snowing right now. i went and bought some batteries to take my camera out with me this weekend. Maybe I'll make a snowman if it sticks overnight.

Man oh man

Street sweepers came by hours ago. I was a bit disappointed to see the dusting of snow on the road that i had tracked through wiped away. But i got up to grab an extra blanket cos my toes were freezing and went to look out the window.

2:30am and it is snowing hard. :D

Huh. I should have ordered a proper winter coat and boots last week.

Guess What?!

Its snowing!