Friday, March 27, 2009

its a long way from pa to la ....

and I'm so glad I'm making the trip back in a car ... 

I got to the philadelphia airport around 11:30 for a 2:00 flight. I like to be early so I have enough time for a few beers due to my hatred of being in a small space. Found out at 1:oo due to bad weather (it was seriously just overcast) my flight to san antonio would be delayed and I would miss my connection. This was not a big deal at all because southwestern airlines had a "direst flight"(which i found out wasn't direst at all) that I could catch at 3:30 and it would get me to L.A. at the same time as my original flight. 3:30 came and went and I was still in the philadelphia airport, which wouldn't be a problem cause there actually is a "direct flight" to L.A. at 5:30. 5:30 came and went( you should know by this time i had gotten drunk twice and sobered up twice. there was no way I was drinking again cause my nerves were worn and I was a mess).

8:30 comes and I' m finally boarding my plane, but oh wait, I couldn't for some reason so I was pulled out of line had to go to the customer service, get my ticket scanned so I could go back and get my ticket scanned to get on the plane(do they do this just so they can get use out of their scanners?). Of course leaving said line, would cause me to lose my spot and instead of having an aisle seat, or even a window ... I was in the middle. The flight to phoenix( know you get the other quotes around direct flight) was 4 hours long. 5 and a half hours into the flight they told us that the wind in phoenix was too strong and we had been circling waiting for it to die down and were running out of fuel, therefore, we were diverted to Las Vegas( another hour) to land and get fuel, so we could fly back to Phoenix( an hour)  and on to L.A( another hour). Those hours do not count people getting on a and off the plane 

 Once we landed in vegas we were told that everyone with a destination, other than phoenix had to get off the plane so they could get them to their destination the next morning. Once we were off the plane the announcement was made that if you were flying to L.A. you had to get back on the plane but you had to get your I.D's out(i seriously couldn't make this up). 

Two flights later and i was finally on the ground in L.A.. If you wanted to keep track of time it was 3:15 when I landed, seven hours and fifteen minutes after i was supposed to be there. my baggage made it to the airport at 10p.m.  I have no idea how it happened, but I was insanely jealous. I woke up to  say by to my parents before they left for work at  6 am eastern(i had now been awake for 24 hours and 15 minutes.

David and his friend Tasha picked me up at the airport, and dave proceeded to get lost in la for about an hour( in his defense,  he's still working and had to wake up super early the next morning). We made it back to his place at quarter of 5 and i could finally sleep . 

I promise this will be my last blog where I complain.   

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

for those of you that dont know ...

One of my best friends, David,  is moving pack to pa from la. on Thursday march 26Th I'm flying to la hanging out for a few days, then we are getting on the road for a cross country trip back home. we have a basic plan for the trip :


camp out at the grand canyon( i finally own a sleeping bag)
hangout and drive through. 
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas(Dallas and Austin)
Wew Orleans
Nashville( one of Dave's songs is in a move that's playing in the film festival)
Atlanta
all over Florida
Savannah 
VA
and Baltimore

If you have friends in these places who want to party , or let us sleep there. we would appreciate it . 
 

Monday, March 23, 2009

just a start ...

so im leaving for la in 3 days and im going to try to update as much as possible from the road... wish me luck!