San Antonio trip 10/2010

Oct 27, 2010

 UGH UGH UGH is all I can say about the trip down here!

SImon and I drove to Burlington VT, so as to escape the international costs of air fare.  Well this SEEMED like a good idea at first.  Apparently the wonderfully brilliant people there scheduled two planes to arrive and depart our gate at the SAME time.  So they announced over the intercom that whichever flight got in first would be boarded and departing first, THEN they would allow the second to come in.  When they come in they have to first let those passengers off and then clean the plane.  Needless to say, we got onto our light an hour and 20 something minutes late... THEN we sat on the tarmac for whatever reason.  It is a 50 minute flight to Newark, my destination, and we had barely gotten off the ground at 7pm.  My connecting flight was supposed to leave Newark at 7:35pm... Yeah, I missed it before I even had a chance to catch it.  Why they didnt allow that plane to come in at another gate... which both of the gates next to the one we were at were completely empty the entire time...is beyond me!!!  
So I get to Newark and we sit on the tarmac there too... there was a baggage truck thing in the way... sigh... I go see customer service and they say since it was a Sunday there were limited flights.  That one I missed was the LAST one to San Antonio.  I would have to wait until tomorrow-  and wouldn't you know it... they are all booked until 7:30 the NEXT evening.  But, they told me that airport had no amenities for me... meaning I was SOL.  Oh no no no no no  NOOOOO.  When you are facing a situation like this... do as I did and become a BIG BITCH.  It was their fault... I had my plastic surgery appt. the next morning in Houstn at 10am.  That appt. was scheduled 6 months prior... I demanded to speak with a supervisor.  She got me a flight to HOUSTON (instead of San Antonio) which was set to leave in 25 minutes.  I had not had anything to eat, drink, and I hadnt even had a chance to go tinkle at this point... I said FINE... give it to me.  I had to call my father who drove up to Houston at midnight to bring me my car for the next day.  He drove back down with the friend who caravaned up there with him.  I had to book a hotel for that night as well...   
OH!  I didn't get to the really good part... they LOST my luggage.  When I arrived in Houston my bag was no where to be found.  They didnt even have it in their system!!!  After many phone calls later it arrived in San Antonio the following evening.  
Some good points about the day I got into TX... My Dad was at the airport and he almost walked right by me.  He said he didnt recognize me!  When I saw my best friend, she was said, "OMG  you are getting skinny, you bitch!"  LOL.  When I was sitting on the couch... my friend Annie told me that I looked tiny sitting there... I have NEVER in my life been told I was tiny, skinny, or anything like that LOL...  I still have a lot to lose... but in my friends' eyes they can't believe the difference.  I loaded a pre surgery picture my friend Christina had taken for me... 

OH!  and about the seats... I did need an extension for the seat belt  and it was a snug fit... but i was reasonably comfortable.  No one gave me ugly looks, i wasn't spilling into my neighbors seat, and more importantly the stewardess didnt throw me off the plane!!  My anxiety was relieved -  I am glad I didn't cancel my trip at the last moment like I was soooo close to doing.  

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