I've been at the airport for three hours already...and I haven't taken off.
Why?
No, my plane is not delayed.
No, my plane is not being deiced.
No, my plane did not get hijacked.
Yes, I did arrive at SLC at 7:00 for a flight that leaves at midnight.
I'm just excited to get home, what can I say?
I'm officially caught up on all my tv shows
Moved seats three times to try and find a plug.
Bought a ridiculously expensive and disgusting sandwich
and I ate half of it.
(I also brought snacks...but those were eaten already too.)
I keep refreshing the page that shows me how many seats are open, how many people are flying standby and where I fall.
I have this fear that all the sudden its going to drop to zero and i'll be stuck here.
Seriously, refreshed every few minutes.
But don't worry, for the past two hours its stayed at a constant 20 open seats, 13 standby, and i'm number 7.
I have this monologue planned in my head of what I would say if this plane all the sudden fills up.
It contains things like, "I've been here since 7!" "I will have no way back to Provo!" "I only have a few months to live and if I don't get home tonight I won't be getting home at all!" or [insert something about my family member being in the hospital/getting married/leaving for mission tomorrow].
Would I actually say these things? Probably not. Would they give me a seat if I did? Probably not.
-Except for that one time when I cried when the lady at the check in station told me I couldn't fly an indirect flight my freshman year because I wasn't old enough. My tears worked! She told me to lie about my age to everyone who asked, and that worked also.
I have also planned out what I shall do on this flight home.
I hope to sleep for the full time, but that never happens.
I brought movies.
Three coloring books & Crayons (thanks to an early christmas present from my girls)
I brought my journal.
And of course the sleeping medicine.
What I didn't bring?
My iPod.
In fact its lost.
Shoutout to whoever found it on campus and didn't turn it in.
Have fun with a cracked/blacked out screen and a center/home button that doesn't work.
I once again overpacked.
I once again didn't bring enough snacks.
But hey, I'm dang excited to be going home.
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For the record, I made it home.
