More Lindsay and Rowan. Also Alex White’s legs.

So today was 6 hours longer than it should have been. I made it to Buffalo just fine (thanks to Alex), and the flight went to Chicago, then to Houston Hobby, then… nada. I got off the plane, ready for my 2-hour layover. I went to get some sesame chicken at the food court. Then I moseyed by those departure/arrival screens, and saw that my 3:50 pm flight was canceled! I asked a Southwest lady about it veryquicklike, and she said, “Too bad. You could have gone to Harlingen early if you’d come by fifteen minutes ago.” AGH!

I got put on a 6:00 flight, which was delayed until 6:20, then 7:00, then 7:10, then 7:35, then… well, we finally took off at 8:40 or so. Harlingen at 9:30. Home at 10:40. Ugh. Instead of, um, 4:00.

Sesame Chicken of regret.

But the day wasn’t a total waste. I got my lecture done for class tomorrow (though please don’t think this means I’m caught up). I also heard many entertaining things on the in-cabin speakers on my Southwest Airlines flights:

CAPTAIN: We, uh, seem to have sucked some sort of large bird into the engine, so that would be the burning meat smell you are experiencing.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: If you’re catching a connecting Southwest flight, please check the monitors in the terminal. If you’re catching a flight with another airline, well, we don’t care about that, now do we?

FLIGHT ATTENDANT: …place the oxygen mask over your own mouth and nose first, then attend to anyone traveling with you, such as a child or someone acting like a child. If you are traveling with more than one child, I’m very, very sorry. I don’t know what to tell you about the oxygen mask… just pick the child with the most potential.

Life at the moment sort of feels annoying and flavorless. I believe it is related to the lack of Alex. :(