September 13, 2012: My day:
- 3:15am - Alarm goes off. Snooze.
- 3:24am - Alarm goes off. Wake up. Shower. Get ready.
- 3:45am - Leave for airport.
- 4:20am - Arrive at airport. Park in garage instead of the extra $2 for valet, because I’m afraid I’ll get to the airport after midnight and have to pay for 2 days.
- 4:23am - Get to security. Flash Trusted Traveler Card.
- 4:24am - Through security, shoes still on, laptop in backpack. Sweet.
- 4:35am - Breakfast at Camden Foods. Croissant + Naked Juice.
- 4:40 - 5:15am - Answer emails.
- 5:15am - Board flight
- 5:30am - Takeoff. Sleep.
- 7:00am - Land at IAD. Beautiful sunrise and rolling fog over the Potomac.
- 7:00 - 8:00am - Answer emails.
- 8:00am - Board flight IAD-BDL.
- 8:35am - Takeoff. Work in air.
- 10:00am - Landed in Hartford.
- 10:15am - Rental car. Booked Chevy Cruze, got Dodge Charger. Awesome.
- 10:30am - Arrive to Trinity College. Walk campus, because it’s beautiful.
- 10:40am - Get a head nod and “what’s up bro” from a kid. Probably because of my backpack.
- 11:00am - Time for meetings! Working lunch. Here we go.
- 4:45pm - Meetings over. Back to car.
- 5:20pm - Arrive at airport. Drop off rental car. Talk to Cameron while I drive.
- 5:40pm - Through security, time for supper.
- 5:45pm - Burrito Bowl at “Fresh City”. Where’s the meat?
- 5:50pm - Screw it, I’m going to McDonalds for some fries.
- 5:55pm - Call from Dan the Man.
- 6:00 - 6:30pm - Answer emails.
- 6:30pm - Board flight.
- 7:00pm - Takeoff.
- 7:50pm - Arrive at Dulles.
- 8:00 - 9:30pm - Work. Emails.
- 9:30pm - Board flight.
- 9:50pm - Takeoff.
- 10:00pm - Work. Emails. And yes, a bit of Flight Control HD.
- 11:00pm - Arrive at IND, 30 minutes early. Yes!!!
- 11:03pm - “There’s a ‘situation’ in the terminal, we’ve been asked to stay out here and away from the gates.”
- 11:10pm - Still no word.
- 11:25pm - Heading to gate!
- 11:35pm - Deplane, rush towards garage so I don’t get charged for the 2nd day. (I knew this was going to happen!!)
- 11:39pm - Parking garage evacuated. What’s going on? Cop: ” A…. threat. Just read about it in the paper tomorrow.”
- 11:45pm - Waiting.
- 11:50pm - Waiting.
- 11:59pm - Yep, I’m paying for 2 days of parking.
- 12:01am - This is a conspiracy to make money.
- 12:03am - Cleared to go into garage. Of course.
- 12:04am - $36.00 for 20 hours of parking. Not fair.
- 12:50am - Home.
- 1:00am - Bed.
- 2:58am - Alarm goes off….. You think I wasn’t going to figure out a way to make an iPhone preorder happen? :)
- 3:15am - Apple gets its crap together, iPhone ordered. And that is my 24 hours.
Welcome to the wonderful world of traveling.
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