Y5 D197

Yesterday was a fucking nightmare. I am STILL in Florida. Yep. I never made it out of here. I have been trying to stay positive but it's getting more challenging every hour I am here. I got up in the morning to a plethora of voicemails from American. This flight is changed, this flight is moved, etc. I went to the airport at my scheduled time to figure out what was going on and it looked like I was going to leave just a LOT later. As the gate agent and I talked, she realized that I was on flights TODAY and not yesterday. Son of a bitch. I called my cab driver, had him take me back to the hotel, and rechecked in. Both the cabbie and the hotel were understanding. I ended up back in the same room. I was still keeping positive because no one individual was doing this on purpose. They don't control weather. Instead I now had a free day, flights confirmed for today and while rough, I was on track to getting home. So I went back to sleep for a few hours and then took a walk to the mall.

The mall ended up being farther away than I realized and in the end I walked a round trip of 6.2 miles. Well, I got my exercise in for the week didn't I? The fucked part? It started raining on me while I was walking. Of course.

I got back to the hotel, ordered some Christmas presents since I lost this weekend to shop at home, napped some more, talked to B who is livid right now at everyone, and went to a nice dinner. I figured if I am stuck here, someone is paying for it. When I got back to the room is when the real fun started. I was in the middle of talking to B when I got another AA auto call. I am now, ready for this?, going to Miami, then Tampa, then Dallas, then home. IF I AM LUCKY. I am about to spend the next 18-20 hours flying. And that's if everything goes right. We shall see. As of right now, my only goal is to get the fuck out of Tallahassee and get to a bigger hub. That's all I want. If I can get to Miami I can find a flight home hopefully and gate hop. Same thing if I can just get to Dallas.

I sent my work emails about all this. I have to be up at 5 tomorrow to teach 20 people. I am going to be so exhausted this week it's not even funny. I have lost my entire weekend and am at wits end. I am about to head out. Wish me luck. I just need to somewhere.