speedvegan

marathon weekend finally arrived. i made travel arrangements months ago for myself and my brother. my brother has never been outside the state of florida and is somewhat terrified of flying so i wanted to make sure the trip was as stress free as possible for him.

our flight would leave fort lauderdale international at 8am. we got there with time to spare, especially since our flight had already been delayed an hour. during the security screening process, i managed to lose my brother’s boarding passes which made him freak out a little. luckily a TSA officer found them and brought them to the counter. at this time, i heard rumors that our flight had been canceled. later i found out that the flight was delayed indefinitely. the plane had some kind of mechanical problem.

i finally decided to make different arrangements. the man behind the ticket counter was exceptionally kind. unfortunately, only flights to LA were available at this point. we had two choices: wait for the next available flight out of Fort Lauderdale at 3:40 or take the 1:25 out of Miami. we jumped in a taxi and headed for MIA. we arrived on time, had lunch and headed for security screening again. this time my brother had been selected for thorough screening – JOY ! after about 20 minutes, we finally arrived at our gate only to find out we had standby tickets and weren’t actually “confirmed” on the flight. UGH ! what else could go wrong ? before i could lose my cool which i had miraculously maintained throughout the day, the lady behind the counter did something that got us on the flight !

we finally arrived in san diego around 6pm. we had a nice dinner. my brother is finally sleeping – he had such a rough day. i am ready to call it a night as well. tomorrow will be another adventurous day.