I’m heading North!
That isn’t exactly difficult; I live in Louisiana. Nearly everywhere in the Continental US is north of my home.
Even though I’m going through the stress of a grievance process, my friends and I had arranged a get-together trip several months ago. It’d do me good to spend some time with folks I’ve known since childhood and haven’t seen in one place for a decade. So, we agreed to go to Nantucket Sound and spend a weekend on Martha’s Vineyard Island.
It might be strange to read, but there‘s a lot of significance with that destination and me. I’ll write about it sometime.
It’s my first trip away from my family in nearly ten years. Now that was a pull on the heartstrings, but I got to tell them goodbye before I left my home for the airport.
And it just wouldn’t be me if there wasn’t a crisis, so of course, I missed my flight!
My alarm never went off because I forgot to take Sleep Mode off, which was set to my ‘usual’ alarm. Thankfully, my wife woke me up and I went scrambling out the door and hurtled down the highway to the airport. Only to miss my plane by two minutes. I got rebooked for the next flight in a few hours, so I’ll be piddling around the building and taking advantage of the mishap to write.
Gotta make the most of what’s available. At least there’s coffee and comfortable chairs. Yes, I’m avoiding the very-comfy-looking couches. The naps would take me unawares.
Soon, I’ll be in Dallas and meeting up with one old friend for the day, and then we’ll be heading to Massachusetts and connecting with the two already up that way.
… I might tell Cameron that we’re camping at our terminal tonight. Just in case.
Stay safe out there, folks.
-JB Swift
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