Travel insanity

Well, as you can probably tell from the title, I am traveling again (for work) and needless to say, this travel experience will be one for the books...  It started last night with receiving an email saying that my AM flight (for this morning) was cancelled and that I needed to call the airline.  I called the airline, the agent didn't know that there were any flights cancelled, kept putting me on hold, and then 20 minutes later told me that I would have to travel to another airport (about an hour away) to start my travel.  I was able to book a seat on the airline shuttle van to get me to the airport since I didn't want to take my car because theoretically I'll be flying into the airport I was originally supposed to fly out of.  Luckily the shuttle van picked me up at home but I now have to find out if I'll get reimbursed through work since I had to alter my travel plans...

With this change in schedule, I ended up having to wake up at the same time (3:45 am) but it ended up being a much longer day than anticipated.  I was on the shuttle for about an hour and a half (we had a couple of pick up stops), got to the airport and was thankfully able to check in right away and it only took me about 20 minutes to get through security.  On the plane, I had an aisle seat and across the aisle was a screaming child who every time the mom got up with her, kicked me in the arm.  My connection was tight but I made it no problem.  On the second plane, I got settled into my seat (another aisle seat) when a mom carrying a one year old pretty much demanded that I sit in her seat (middle seat) so grandma across the aisle could help with the little one.  For whatever reason, I gave in and moved (never again!) and the child screamed/kicked me the entire flight....  Ugh!  These experiences make me petrified to think about what's in store at the end of the week when I fly back at the end of my conference...

Luckily my luggage arrived at my destination (which I wondered about with the tight connection) and I didn't have to wait long for the airport/hotel shuttle.  The hotel is AMAZING and I have my own mini-suite so I can't really complain.  Another thing that I really can't complain about is a very dear friend of mine who I haven't seen in 5 years will be at this conference and she arrives tomorrow!  I always get a little nervous with work travel because I'm never sure if the clothes that I've brought are what I should've done but it's too late now since I'm here...  The only thing that I already wish I would've brought is a bathing suit since the pool is gorgeous but mine didn't fit.  =(

One of the things I'm not excited about is as I write, I am hearing thunder boom outside and I am NOT a thunderstorm lover...  I know that I should be thankful that I'm not traveling in this weather (which I am SO thankful for) but that still doesn't make me like listening to thunder...  A huge thunderstorm happened one of the last times I travelled for work - is it a sign?!

Oh, well.  I suppose I should be thankful that I have this opportunity to travel for work and that I arrived at my destination (mostly) unscathed.  Even though my day started super early, where I traveled is a three hour time difference, so even though the clock shows a late hour, my body isn't feeling it so much.  But, that being said, day one of the conference is going to be a slightly long one (I do get to sleep in a little bit though!) so I should probably bring this to a close for this week.

I didn't get everything done at work or my apartment before my travel but I have come to terms with that and have decided not to worry about any of it while I'm here - we'll see how well that goes for me...  Have a GREAT week my dear readers filled with muchness!  =)