travel

I'm in the Columbus airport headed to Milwaukee to go to Madison. I realized that while I'm traveling a lot right now, and I don't check bags, I'm still not ready to start getting to the airport with a few minutes to spare. I'd much rather be there a bit early and not get my blood pressure up. I just had a close scare here in Columbus and was worried that wouldn't let me check in (it was about 50 minutes before flight time. Luckily- I was fine and I have even had time to write this blog and talk to emily real quick.

On my flight from Seattle to Columbus I changed planes at O'Hare. The guy sitting next to me from Seattle to chicago got very agitated and cranky to everyone around him when we were late and he was likely going to miss his plane. In particular, he was cranky to the people around us when he tried to squeeze up the aisle to get off the plane faster. I was sitting there, also probably missing my plane, but I thought- there is no reason to be such an a**hole to the people around you. There is nothing they can do. So, when I got off the plane figuring that I had missed my connection, and I saw that my connection was a bit delayed, I smiled and then ran to the other side of O'hare to make the flight. Guess what. Mr. Cranky was on my second flight too. Luckily he wasn't sitting by me because I don't think I could have stood it. Oh- he is also a heavy breather. I don't like heavy breathers. (I know that makes me judgemental).

Anyway- lessons learned--they will serve me well in the next few weeks.