The Airport

Worst morning ever ---

So, a few weeks ago, my Aunt needed me to take her to the airport. "I'm going on a little trip away on an excursion with Aunt Pat, that's all anyone needs to know," she said. "Umm...okay," I said.
Well, about a week and a half ago, she calls me here in the office and says, "Can you pick me up at the airport Wednesday, March 26th, at 8:10?"
"Sure, no problem," I said.
"Okay, and this is a secret, okay? No one knows I am coming back home yet, okay? I am flying Southwest, coming in from Baltimore on Flight number ####."
"Okay, got it, see you then."

My Aunt's been up to some sneaky-sneakyness lately, so I wasn't too surprised at her request, and I figured I'd leave well enough alone for the time being and wait until I see her to see what the hell's going on.

So...last night I made arrangements to stay over R's since he lives closer to the airport. I informed dad that I would be late this morning to work because I had to take a friend to the airport. I got up this morning and left in enough time to get to the airport.

Except, that I accidentally got on the ramp that took me the wrong direction. So, I had to sit for over 20 minutes in traffic. Finally, I found my way back on track and arrived at my destination about 20 minutes late. Auntie was no where to be found. I went around the arriving flights area about 3 times, and then parked my car in the short-term parking lot.

"What am I going to do?" I thought. She's one of the only people in the world without a cell phone. And if she'd left thinking I'd forgotten about her, why didn't she call my cell from a payphone?

I went in the airport, searched all around the baggage claim and even by the coffee shops. WTF???? I start freaking out, call R. The flight was on time. Where was she? I had NO other choice but to call my Dad. Auntie's secret arrival back would be spilled. But, I had NO idea what to do! I was worried!

I told Dad that I'd told a little white lie and instead of dropping my friend off at the airport, I was secretly picking up Auntie, but she was M.I.A.
Dad sounded pretty upset saying that Auntie's been acting crazy and he doesn't know what she is up to, and that he'd call Aunt Pat to see if she'd gotten on the plane.

He called right back at the same exact moment that I found out her flight comes in at 8:10 PM. PM.PM. PM. PM. PM.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had I only went and talked to the Southwest officials BEFORE calling my dad...ugh! But, I wasn't thinking clearly.

R wanted to know what happened once I figured it all out and so I called him crying because I was upset that I'd spilled the beans for a stupid, stupid reason. Auntie had trusted me, and only me with this secret and I blew it!!! BUT, she most definitely did NOT mention it was a PM arrival. Because when she told me, I wrote it all down immediately and put it into my Palm. I had all the information for almost 2 weeks! If she'd told me specifically PM, I would have had that information with the rest! She didn't say either AM OR PM and I assumed (*made an ass out of you and me) that it was AM!

I still feel crappy, but everyone's assuring me it's not my fault and no one knows why Auntie's been acting so secretive. (Though, Dad and I do have an inkling she's going to be getting back together with my Uncle, whom she's been separated for around 2 or 3 years and lives with her current beau.)

So, I hope she isn't mad at me when I pick her up later. But, Dad is the only other one that knows (well, besides you...but you won't tell, right?) -- and he's not going to tell anyone. Dad's good at keeping secrets, and Auntie knows that, so she should be fine, and hopefully understand I was just worried about her and didn't know what to do when I couldn't find her at the airport.

Both of my parents are a little bit upset at Auntie though for putting me in this situation and having to lie to my dad. I apologized for lying to him and he said he understands, he would've done the same.

It was all seemingly a MUCH bigger deal this morning. I think all will be well, though. *Fingers crossed!!!*

P.S. Hope everyone had a good Easter!

Drink it on Down

It is such a beautiful day outside today! I am excited. I'm meeting up with a few friends for drinks tonight and I hope it stays nice for awhile.

Hmmm, what else...
Anyone have crazy plans for St. Patty's Day? I will be taking it kind of easy tomorrow night because R and I have plans to be at our friends apartment at about 10 am. Then, we're going to start drinking, go to the parade, and then pretty much just wreak havoc amongst the city!
I've got a new shirt to wear, too! Hooray!

But uhhh...yeah, that's all I have to say right now.
Ohhh yeah, and Philly was a great time last weekend!

Reigning Champ!

A little bit of updates ---

The band that I recently talked about and the guy in it that I've been crushing on are coming back to town in April!!! Very excited, not only for obvious reasons, but that they put on a great show! Though, when I think about it, I know I'm going to be so nervous. Last time they were here, I obsessed over it for the next 2 weeks! I'm going to see this guy again and be reeling all over again. Yikes! *sigh* Okay, can't think about it right now.

Moving on...
I got my hair cut and colored yesterday. Pretty happy about that. Also had a few glasses of wine at the salon. My hairdresser is awesome.

Then...
I went to a local bar for my last chance to get in the Rock, Paper, Scissors finals to get out to Vegas again.

AND...
I WON!!!! Hooooraaaayyyyyyy!!!!

My victory only faltered when 2 pizzas were brought out as a free-for-all. Everyone knows I am a pizza FANATIC. I could live off it. BUT, I had already ordered and eaten pepperoni rolls! So, I was too full to eat anymore. Boooooooooooo.

Heading off to Philly this weekend. R's cousin and my friend lives out there with her long time boyfriend and he's going to propose -- she has noooo idea! Gonna be a good time!

That's Your Network

I was sitting on the couch staring at the tv last night when one of the Verizon Wireless commercials came on. All of them have the huge group of people with the Verizon guy, "ohhh, that's just my network." Ya know what I'm talking about.


Well, as I was watching last night, the whole mass of 'em was following around a young woman on her cell phone. Then, they show how they're all following her down these steps to a big building. There were other regular people walking around, too.



Verizon is such a huuuuge company, and they say we all have this network. So, how come on the commercials there aren't large masses of people following the other people around, too?!

Yes, this did actually pop into my brain last night.



Maybe if Verizon was a small company, I could see how all the people (the network) would only follow around 1 person. But, tons of people use Verizon. So really, there should've been a clusterfuck of people on the commercial. Complete chaos!!!!!!!!!!




Oh, but check out what I found regarding our favorite celly tech:



"Test Man Isn't Just a Commercial Character--The company's 'most reliable network' claim is based on network studies performed by real-life test men and test women who inspired the company's national advertising campaign. These engineers conduct more than 300,000 call attempts monthly on Verizon Wireless' and other national wireless carriers' networks while traveling over 100,000 miles of the most frequently traveled roadways nationwide in specially equipped, company-owned quality test vehicles." -- from Wireless City

Photo sources: Justendeal.com, Wireless City, USA Today