Height

I had a great time visiting mom and the family. Nine of us descended upon her and engulfed her house. Maggie, her dog, was in heaven with everyone there. It flew by, I think in part because people arrived and left at staggered times. And I was reminded again how tall my family is. At 5'7" I was the 9th tallest! Only my mom was shorter than me.

I was supposed to fly back on a 4:30 pm flight on Monday so I'd be back at work by Tuesday. They over booked and because the people they were trying to find seats for were flight crew they went all the way up to $600! Apparently that is the maximum they can go. The next direct flight wasn't until 6:30 the next morning so they gave me hotel and food vouchers too.

It took awhile to get all the paperwork since there were several crisis the staff were dealing with, including unloading all the passengers from the plane I had just given up my seat on - technical issues with the plane. By the time I left for the hotel, which was about when I would have been landing in Boston, the plane still hadn't departed.

I swung by the main ticket counter on my way out to get a copy of my ticket for the next morning and standing besides me was this woman slightly familiar. Couldn't place her and thought at first she might be a celebrity, but then I discounted that idea to the fact that she was just nicely put together. She was a little disgruntled, I think some issue with a ticket and was checking her blackberry. When a stranger comes up and asks her something. I couldn't hear it but heard her response. She said, "yes, I'm her". Which garnered a response of, "I loved your show". She was really quite nice to the adoring fan and I finally realized she was Tracee Ellis Ross. The actor on Girlfriends and Diana Ross's daughter. She had her hair back in a bun and seemed shorter than she should be - my height. I checked online and she's 5'7" too.

So all in all a nice little adventure: I still get into work (only half an hour late), got to see a famous celebrity and am $600 richer in plane vouchers!