A day after i booked my trip, of course the client meeting gets cancelled :( UGH. We didn't change it, so Jess Lais took me to the airport Friday night. I got there early, did some work and then noticed it was delayed 30 minutes. I only had an hour layover in Dallas, so knew I was in trouble.
Went to talk to the lady at the counter and she said she couldn't get me to SF Friday night. Earliest I could leave XNA the next day was 3pm OR I could spend the night in Dallas and take the earliest flight avail on Sat. She made me get out of the line to call Tripp and make the decision together... well I got back in line to tell her my decision and at this point they were boarding the plane. There were only 2 ladies working this gate, so no one was helping me and they were yelling at everyone to get on the plane. She tried to get me to get on the plane and I said I needed to rebook my flight. I could re-hash it all, but basically she was yelling at me to get on the plane or she would shut the door... so I asked her to write down something that told me about the flight I was on tom. I had no idea where I was going to sleep in Dallas, but I got on the plane.
When I looked down at the sheet of paper she gave me, it said I was arriving in SF at 1pm (which she had told me earlier that she could get me there at 10:30am)... and the tears started flowing. I was nervous, overwhelmed and upset that it was even later than she told me. Called Tripp and he kindly calmed me down.
We landed in Dallas ahead of time and I was going to BUST it to try to make it to my original flight so I could get to SF Fri night. I had a glimmer of hope until we landed and I saw police cars and trucks everywhere near a gate.
We sat on the plane for over an hour and Tripp sent me this pic. I knew I for sure at this point that I wasn't going to get to sleep in the same bed as Tripp.
Apparently someone ran a van into a plane and it was stuck... so many of the planes were backed up. BOO. I got off the plane and posted on Instagram about the van and plane. 2 minutes later, Dougie texted me and said she was staying in Dallas tonight and I could stay with her???? WHAT?! At this point, I didn't know where my bag was, where I was staying that night and what time my flight left the next am.
Found out I wasn't going to get my bag, so I got a taxi to Dougie's hotel and she met me downstairs with some hotel toiletries. I slept in my clothes, but got to wash my face with her stuff which made me feel human :) She was staying at the Gaylord Texan and it was a super cool hotel! I was telling my mom about it the next day and apparently I stayed there during a family reunion years ago??
Slept good that night and then Dougie dropped me off at the airport on her way out of town! I sat at the gate for a bit and then we took off and I landed in SF around 1pm. Tripp met me at the airport and we went straight to the apt so I could shower. Girl was not lookin' too hot, so I needed a shower PRONTO before we did anything else. Got ready and we headed out to make the most of the next day and a half!
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