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canyonwalkerVegas in May Travelog #6
Back home - Wed, 24 May 2023, 8pm
A crazy thing happened at the airport this afternoon after wrapping up the trade show in Las Vegas. I moved up my ticket by not just one flight, not two flights like I planned, but three flights. Instead of the 7:50pm departure I got on the 2:50pm departure— at 2:50pm!
I didn't think I was going to make it in time for that flight, but it was delayed about 20 minutes. Hey, sometimes Southwest Airlines' business-as-usual of being behind schedule works in my favor! The agent at gate 12 printed out a new boarding pass, pushed it into my hand, and said "Run!" Fortunately I only had to run to gate 15. 🤣 And I even got a pretty good seat on the flight.
My good fortune of good timing continued when I landed at SJC. I opened the Uber app to call a ride as I rode the escalator down to the arrivals hall. "Searching for drivers...." the app said, as usual... then *ding!* "Your driver is here." LOLWUT? There was a driver just sitting in the pickup area already. I don't think him loitering there was legit, but it's not my place to bust him for that. I wheeled my bag out the door and across the street as quickly as I could.
The upshot of all this is that I walked through my own front door at 5:00pm. I had expected it to be almost 10pm when I got home tonight. Woohoo, 5 hours early!
With that extra time I was able to unpack my suitcase and meet Hawk as she came home from work. We went out right away to a favorite local pizzeria and got donuts for desert on the way home again. Now it's 8pm and I'm seriously thinking about going to bed soon. And I am so happy that I'm home and relaxed already, instead of struggling to stay awake for another two hours of travel. Though frankly I didn't even stay awake the whole time this afternoon.... I nodded off for about 30 minutes on the flight from Vegas.
It's also nice that I've got extra time to catch up this evening as my next trip starts less than 48 hours from now! On Friday Hawk and I are flying to San Antonio, TX after work and staying there for the Memorial Day weekend.
Update: I was so worn out from this trip following hard on the heels of my Club vacation that I was in bed, lights out, by 9pm Wednesday night and sound asleep minutes later. Finally, some rest for the wicked!
Back home - Wed, 24 May 2023, 8pm
A crazy thing happened at the airport this afternoon after wrapping up the trade show in Las Vegas. I moved up my ticket by not just one flight, not two flights like I planned, but three flights. Instead of the 7:50pm departure I got on the 2:50pm departure— at 2:50pm!
I didn't think I was going to make it in time for that flight, but it was delayed about 20 minutes. Hey, sometimes Southwest Airlines' business-as-usual of being behind schedule works in my favor! The agent at gate 12 printed out a new boarding pass, pushed it into my hand, and said "Run!" Fortunately I only had to run to gate 15. 🤣 And I even got a pretty good seat on the flight.
My good fortune of good timing continued when I landed at SJC. I opened the Uber app to call a ride as I rode the escalator down to the arrivals hall. "Searching for drivers...." the app said, as usual... then *ding!* "Your driver is here." LOLWUT? There was a driver just sitting in the pickup area already. I don't think him loitering there was legit, but it's not my place to bust him for that. I wheeled my bag out the door and across the street as quickly as I could.
The upshot of all this is that I walked through my own front door at 5:00pm. I had expected it to be almost 10pm when I got home tonight. Woohoo, 5 hours early!
With that extra time I was able to unpack my suitcase and meet Hawk as she came home from work. We went out right away to a favorite local pizzeria and got donuts for desert on the way home again. Now it's 8pm and I'm seriously thinking about going to bed soon. And I am so happy that I'm home and relaxed already, instead of struggling to stay awake for another two hours of travel. Though frankly I didn't even stay awake the whole time this afternoon.... I nodded off for about 30 minutes on the flight from Vegas.
It's also nice that I've got extra time to catch up this evening as my next trip starts less than 48 hours from now! On Friday Hawk and I are flying to San Antonio, TX after work and staying there for the Memorial Day weekend.
Update: I was so worn out from this trip following hard on the heels of my Club vacation that I was in bed, lights out, by 9pm Wednesday night and sound asleep minutes later. Finally, some rest for the wicked!
