RSS Feedthe time that i went to dallas for thanksgiving
first things first … i decided to do some redesigning this evening and have changed things up a bit. not a whole lot of major changes but i did need to do some work. still have a few minor cosmetic and function changes to make on the site but i’m nearly done.
i have journeyed down to dallas for the thanksgiving holiday. i was paranoid about leaving early because i was afraid that i was going to miss my flight or get stuck in a long security line as i have in the previous two years. i got to the airport with plenty of time to spare only to be greeted with an incredibly short security line (three people ahead of me). i was through security in less than 5 minutes. wasn’t expecting such an empty airport.
the big thing about my trip was the fact that i was testing out the new mobile boarding passes that american airlines is trying out. i was thinking this would be awesome. of course i was nothing but let down. oddly enough i had no issues at security. the TSA agent took my phone, scanned the matrix bardcode and i was on my way. but then when i went to board the plane, i had issues. the gate agent was being completely rude and was incredibly annoyed that i had used this. she barely made an effort to scan the barcode before giving up and resorting to manually entering my information in the system. so in the end, i got treated rudely and it took longer to board because of the incident. i don’t know what it is with american airlines lately. i used to be a huge fan and i went 5 years without ever flying another airline. between this incident and the last couple of times i’ve flown them, i’m now thinking i should start considering a new preferred airline. i flew united for the first time ever last month and was rather pleased.
other than that nothing too exciting has been going. i’m trying to enjoy the time off and relax a bit before i head back to work next week. the next few months are going to be rather busy, especially since i have almost half of december off.
the time that i went to texas for christmas and ended up sick
i believe this marks the fourth or fifth year in a row that i’ve gotten sick over holiday break. it’s almost as though i’m too busy to be sick and then all of a sudden i have a few days off and the sickness takes hold. luckily it’s just a cold so it’s not too bad.
of course getting here was an ordeal all on its own … got an automated call from the airline on friday that said my 7pm flight to dallas had been cancelled. of course they rescheduled me for a new flight the next morning. sadly, the new flight had me connecting in new orleans. i was up at 4am on saturday so that i could get to the airport in a timely fashion only to arrive and have my flight delayed half an hour. we finally board 45 minutes after the scheduled departure only to have to sit in the queue to take off for another half an hour or so. of course by the time we get to new orleans i have missed my noon connection to dallas and have to try and get rebooked on the 3pm flight to dallas. that airport is all sorts of screwed up and the people were rude and made me go up to the main ticketing area to get rebooked. after going through security again and everything, i was finally on my way to dallas.
so i’ve been here since saturday and have had a nice, relaxing time. i have things i need to get done for work but i’ve just been wanting to relax. i’ll get to those later this weekend i suppose. so it’s back to chicago tomorrow afternoon.
that’s all i’ve got (for now).
