So last night I don't think I made it to bed until sometime after midnight, and I didn't fall asleep until 1.40. This may not sound too bad, except for that I had to get up at 3.00 to drive jewfroart to Logan Airport in Boston... her flight was supposed to leave at 6.05. Actually, her flight did leave at 6.05 but she wasn't on it... even though we showed up at the counter at 5.20, they didn't have enough time to get her through the screening. For some reason, she always gets tagged for a special screening (I think it's the hair... plus, she was carrying two carryons and no checked luggage) and this time they had to wait ten minutes for a woman to come do her patdown. Apparently, it wasn't even an in-depth patdown... no flashlight, rubber gloves, and makeshift TSA-approved stirrups or anything that really neccessitated a woman for the screening. But rules are rules, apparently.
Just got off the phone with her. Because United made her miss her flight to DC and her subsequent connection to San Juan, they put her on I think Delta to JFK in New York and reserved her a seat on an American Airlines flight to San Juan. Of course, she got patted down and inspected again, and then when she got to American, they showed a reservation for her... but no ticket. Of course, the ticket that she had was for United, but they needed something that actually said that they were being paid for the flight. After an hour of the AA clerk trying to get word from United, she was finally told to go back to United... which is in another terminal separated by a commuter-type subway. She was almost at the United terminal at 12.20 and her flight leaves at 13.30. Wish her luck and I'll update.
Oh yeah, and in about ten minutes I have to drive to another airport... Providence... and pick up another friend who's flying back from a two-day 'not-a-date' with a friend in DC. Yes, I'm getting gas money (and coffee money) for these things, but I'm just about ready to curl up under my desk.
So... more later.
sleep deprivation
