At least my ride hadn’t left yet, so yesterday morning when the little kiask screen said, “your flight has departed” i didn’t totally fall apart.
I have to confess that this time it was definitely my fault that i missed my flight. I was originally scheduled to leave the retreat on Saturday afternoon. But since i had been cheated out of my thursday time with my writer people, i decided i would see if i could reschedule a flight out on Sunday after the retreat was over. I got on-line and found a flight out at 12:25. There was another flight out at 11:09 but it went through Detroit. I decided on the 12:26 flight but for some reason, the program wouldn’t let me finish booking it.
so i called the 800# and the reservation lady assisted me. Turns out the 12:25 flight was full and i’d have to take the 11:09 flight. That was fine with me; we booked it. But for some reason, the 12:25 time stuck in my brain. So on sunday morning when they asked when my flight left and when they needed to get me to the airport i said my flight left at 12:25.
And that’s exactly what i believed until i arrived at the check-in and read the message of my departed flight.
I refused to panic. I had been through this before AND just as i left the retreat, B. reminded me that he would be driving home to Jacksonville today and if something should happen, he would come and get me. Wasn’t that nice? So i halfheartedly asked if they had another flight out BEFORE 5:00 P.M. and and to my amazement, they had a flight leaving at 2:40. It was through Detroit, but it was a flight that would take me home, so i paid the extra $25 for changing flights and went to call Ben to let him know that it would be 9:30 before my flight landed in J’vill and not 4:30 or originally planned.
I finally pulled into drive last night at 12:20 A.M.
and it was all worth it!
