Friday Observations (posted on Wednesday)

I wrote these down on Friday while waiting for my flight to Richmond to visit some family there.



1. Today I know spring has arrived as I spotted my least favorite summer accessory – flip flops. Actually I love flip flops. Flip flops with jeans, flip flops with shorts. Flip flops on the beach and flip flops on lazy weekend days. But I really get annoyed when I see them on my commute. You glance at someone and they have this great outfit on – finance wear with the hair and make-up done, formal jacket and shirt and skirt or slacks and then your eye reaches the bottom and there are some cheap old flip flops. Ugh.


2. Mental note, taking the subway to the airport works wonderful, as long as it’s not during rush hour. I got to the platform and it was a sea of heads and suitcases. And we waited and waited and the sea grew and finally the subway/bus comes and only half the people could fit on. So I wait and wait and the sea grows and grows and I realized it would probably take a few rounds before I made it on (no cuing just a big mass of folks). So I gave up and took a taxi. It was a quick 10 minute drive for a mere $20 (versus the $2 subway ride). Oh well, got there early enough I could enjoy some Legal Seafood dinner.


3. Apparently the DMV no longer sends renewal notices for your driver’s licenses. How did I find this out, do you ask? I found out when I was in line at security at the airport, 20 minutes before I was supposed to board the plane and the guy checking my ticket asks me for another form of picture ID. Luckily I happened to pack my passport out of habit and that doesn’t expire until 2015 thankfully.


4. And finally, to round up the day (on Friday), I was sitting peacefully at Gate 32, knitting a new sweater and watching the planes take off and land while dusk fell. And then I was sitting attentively, making pretty good progress on my new sweater and watching the planes take off and land in the dark and realizing the seats were filling up. And then I was sitting, a little worried, knitting on my sweater, no longer watching the planes and wondering why the Tampa plane hadn’t left my gate yet since my plane was supposed to take off in about five minutes and wasn’t even there yet. And also, why hadn’t they announced anything about the delay of MY flight? And finally, I find out there is a difference between the numbers 32 and 36, especially since my flight was at Gate 36 and was already boarded. And run on board with a minute to spare. So strange considering how many gates I’ve sat at over the last year (30 plus). But it had been a hectic day wrapping up things before leaving and a Friday after a long week. That’s what it was. I’m not losing it. Really, I’m not!