It's been an odd 24 hours. And an odd week or so. I was at camp last week, which was great, but hectic - and the internet was spotty and TERRIBLE for uploading pics, so those will be forthcoming. Monday, a quick and violent storm deposited a tree branch on my windshield, smashing it into brilliant spiderweb patterns. I was only displeased because it COST ME MONEY. Otherwise, not a big deal.
Then, thanks to hailstorm damage, my flight to Colorado was cancelled. Fine. Be that way, weather. But I got on the phone with the airline, and 45 minutes and a pledge to extreme niceness later, I had a slightly later flight. Score.
So yesterday, I drove home from camp, re-packed, and headed to the airport. My dad deposited me, and then I learned my flight was delayed until 12:15am. And then I realized I had forgotten my computer. My writerly profession/habits deem computerlessness a PROBLEM. This is how I felt about all these new developments:
Whatever. I spent 2 hours reading up on my upcoming biography commission. Then I had entertainment ADD (watched some of Insidious, muted, over someone else's shoulder; read a sample of Bossypants on my phone; re-read bits of The Lost Continent; watched 10 minutes of Swingers on my phone) because I tend to be that way after 10pm.
Then I got in the plane. I waited to get in the line somewhat near the end because my seat was 6A. I board and walked a few rows up, and realized I was at row 12. Confused, I looked back and saw the rows started at 8. Mildly alarmed and secretly fearing I had a nonexistent seating arrangement, I asked the flight attendant where my seat was. Tired and a bit exasperated, she looked at my boarding pass and said, "You're in first class!" Whaaaaaaa?
This is how I felt about that new development:
Ha ha, I didn't suddenly look groomed or anything. But I was very pleased about it. Turns out it just amounted to having a lot more room (I'm sure there were other benefits but I largely needed to benefit from sleep). Still.
So anyway. Hopefully I'll get my computer back soon, but its absence "forced" me into enjoying the morning at my dear Anne's house. Been reading magazines and grooming for the first time in forever. By grooming I mean applying cosmetics. I always apply deodorant, etc., if you think that I mean I have forsaken showering, etc. Heading into two weeks of a good bit of inter-state travel, writing, and visiting (and if you read this and are in CO I certainly want to see you). Today is a bit of research-travel to MY FAVORITE STATE EVER: Wyoming. (Well, my favorite state that I don't live in.)
I'll try to post more, and will post camp highlights when I have my computer. Have to document the inter-state style. ;)
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