Thursday, Jan. 08, 2004 - 5:42 p.m.
My trip - now past - ist still worth mentioning.
It started with the literal trip. I called a cab and then watched as an unmarked car honked the horn at the house across the street. After about ten minutes I realized that had been my cab and called again. Eventually they managed to find me - standing outside as I was. Then it was to the train station, take a train, hop a bus, and reach the airport.
There, it was like a bad movie. Just after I'd checked my bags and was preparing to stand in line to go through security, I heard an announcement saying that the aiport was sorry for the inconvenience, but everyone must be rechecked by security. Please proceed back through security. All flights will be held, airport personal would be checked first.
Most people didn't seem to know what that really meant, but I did. Security breach!
So, I called my family and told them that it would probably be a late flight. I was right. 2 and a half hours of waiting in lines, unorganized lines.
That's what bugged me most, the lack of organization. Well that and the reason for all of this. A woman had run through security when she was stopped for a metal check. No one could stop her? Or find her? that sounds like incompetence to me. Especially when we're supposed to have heightened security.
The only consolation I had was that I heard other people mumbling and openly speaking my thoughts that this had been something to keep the fear alive, the orange alert justified.
but oh well, I got home eventually. And that was great.
Me and Heather and Matt did our own little Christmas that night, mostly because Matt can't handle waiting for other people to open what he got them.
they got me a DVD/video player, which is so awesome and handy, as well as some DVDs that I love and a nifty Cookie Monster T-shirt. Really they spoiled me and made me feel bad.
but it was a good night. and I'll talk about the rest of my trip later, but for now, I gotta leave the office, they're closing up.
