Gah.
I'm actually in Denver now. To give you some idea of how shocking this revelation is supposed to be, allow me to run you through yesterday:
12:00: Arrive at Calgary International Airport for my 3:15 flight. I arrived early because I had no idea how long it would take to process my work visa.
12:15: Clear check in. Notice that the flight is delayed by 20 minutes. No big deal.
12:45: Get my work visa processed. That was quick!
1:00: Clear customs.
1:15: Notice that flight has now been pushed back to 5:00. Sigh. It was to be expected, since everything was going so well.
2:30: Notice that flight has been pushed back to 5:45. Get irked.
3:00: Flight is pushed back to 5:55.
3:30: Informed that our plane has just left Denver. They hope to land by 5:30 and take off by 6:00.
5:30: Plane lands in Calgary.
6:00: Board plane.
6:30: Plane departs Calgary.
8:35: Plane lands in Denver and promptly remains on the runway since there isn't any place to park it.
9:20: Plane actually docks at the airport.
9:45: Pick up luggage.
10:20: Finally get a cab (first time in my life I've exited an airport and there isn't a cab to be found). Too bad the cabbie has no idea how to get to Longmont, where my apartment apparantly is.
11:30: Finally get to my apartment. Dispite my misgivings, I don't think that the driver took my on a cross country tour. It took a fair amount of time for me to get back into downtown this morning.
Will post more soon (hopefully), but I'm now awash in a new environment with many new things to learn.
8 comments:
Welcome to Werewolf country. Enjoy your stay ... ;-)
Really, I am amazed that you got internet access so quickly. I wasn't expecting an update for a few days.
Just one question - where do you get those funky pics?
Well, I'm in the office, so having internet access isn't a surprise - I probably shouldn't be wasting time doing this today, but I've had a couple of free minutes here and there.
The pics have just come from a variety of sources on the internet.
Did you at least get to expense all the drinks you had whiling away the time in the airport "lounge"?
Aw, believe me, I sympathize with your travel pain. Of all the flights that R:tAG and I have taken in the past year, I think only one has been close to on time (and that one actually left *early,* which in a way is even worse).
You should take up knitting. It's a marvelous and productive way of filling in the waiting time.
I don't imagine folks in Beebe take too kindly to a feller who knits. You know, he might be one o' *them*.
Ah. I hadn't thought of that. He would have to knit furtively.
I miss you... New Jersey sucks.
Hmm. While the image of my Ukrainian Sausage-Fingers trying to knit would doubtless be hilarious, I have little doubt that within 15 minutes I'd be finding a less orthodox use for the needles.
And Siochain, I miss you too. But just think: as bad as New Jersey is, at least you're not in Beebe. Just keep repeating that like a mantra.
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