random ramblings

This story is almost  "basi" now.. but I already wrote it down on notepad.. so might as well posted it.

Continued from previous post ….

Friday 26 May 2006
5.50 AM
Woke up to a beeping alarm, I probably had hit the snooze button twice. I saw the time and freaked out. I have a 7.25AM flight departing from Louisville, which is about 80 miles from. Even if I left right away, it’s impossible to make it !!!

6.02 AM
Already in my car and left my apartment. It’s probably the fastest "getting ready" ever in my life.

6.14 AM – Entered I-65 (exit 68)
7.04 AM – Passed the "Welcome to Kentucky" (exit 0) .. 68 miles in 50 minutes.. not bad, huh ?

7.15 AM
Arrived at the unfamiliar airport, parked my car in Remote Parking and walked to the terminal. There was a shuttle stop but the terminal looked like a walking distance, so I didn’t want to waste more time waiting for the bus.

7.25 AM
Check in at the Self-Serve counter and saw that my flight had been delayed until 8.12AM ! Hallelujah ! I am very very lucky.

9.40 AM
Arrived in Atlanta, logged in to VPN. Arine saw me online and asked if I’m "working" from home in Austin hahaha.. None of my friends here know that I didn’t make it last night.

11.46 AM –
Finally landed in Austin

12.40 PM
Lunch @ Hendrik’s office with his coworkers ( we stopped by @ Boston Markets to get meals to go )

01.00 PM
Log in to work. I did some real work for a few hours.. I really did !  Why is it so hard for people to believe that I can work remotely ? 

06.40 PM
Hendrik finally decided to call it a day.  I had stopped working for the past couple hours

07.20 PM
Home sweet home… after 14.5 hours since I left my apartment.

Saturday & Sunday  27-28 May 2006
The 2 days went by quickly. Watched the Da Vinci Code. Went shopping again @ San Marcos outlets. and of course Eat, Eat,and Eat.  We also had a very good bubble tea @ Momoko. I make a note that each time I go to Austin I have to stop by for their bubble teas. It’s what real / original bubble teas supposed to be. They’re not the fruit juice like we usually get in Chicago’s Joy Yee’s. Oh yeah Meggie was in Austin too. She had been there for more than a week, and would stay til Wednesday. Sunday night we went to a Karaoke (a Korean place). 3 of us sang nonstop for 3 hours hehehe  ..

Monday 29 May 2006
10 AM
We woke up. It’s travel day again.  *sigh* Have to be at the airport by 3.40-3.50PM for my 4.50PM flight back, which means we have to be on the way to the airport around 3PM.  I have about 5 hours left in Austin. 

12.30 PM
We were ready to leave the house. Destination : Korean food for lunch and Gelato’s for dessert

3.40PM
Back at the airport.  Checked in and my flight is DELAYED AGAIN !!!!!!  well not too bad.. only a 35 minutes delay till 5.20PM.  But I saw there are 2 other earlier flights to Dallas. 4.15 PM and 4.45PM (they’re both originally supposed to leave an hour earlier).  I decided  to go inside and try to stand by for the earlier flights

4PM
Found out that all flights in/out of Dallas are delayed by an hour because of bad weather in the morning. There’s no way I could get in the earlier flights because the standby list is already 30+ people and it’s oversold.. they’re already offering money for people who’s willing to take a later flight.

6PM
I AM STILL IN AUSTIN AIRPORT.. my flight’s delayed further till 6.25PM .. but luckily my connecting flight is also delayed, so I would be able make it home tonight.

11.40PM
Arrived in Louisville. Hmm parking was expensive $36.  That plus the $7 I paid in Indy plus the fuel I wasted on the roundtrip to Indy.. This trip to Austin cost me at least $400 !

01.10 AM  Tuesday 30 May 2006
Finally home after driving about 70 minutes  and my apartment was 96 degrees HOT HOT HOT !!!  Why didn’t I leave the A/C on ?? I thought I learned my lesson last year..  I couldn’t sleep until 3AM because it was too hot … 

…… this is not the first time my travel plan was interrupted by the weather .. and probably won’t be my last either… well this is the pain of a LDR …..  :’(