This is just dumb...
5:25 am: Morgan drops me at the airport and prays for me...
5"30 am: I walk into the airport... first of all, this is WAY TOO EARLY and the que (line) wraps around half the airport and my flight leaves at 650. Oh Crap! I start to wait in line...
6:00 am: I am still waiting in line
6:15 am: I get to the front. There is something wrong with my ticket so they send me to another desk.. with a line that is longer than the first! Luckily Jacques came by to see me off and we are talking and it is encouraging because our conversation is keeping me from freaking out!
6:30 am: We get to the front of the line and the lady realizes my mistake! I booked the ticket online for April 26th... Not March 26th! Oh man!
6:45 am: 350 Rand later, I have missed my flight and I have a standby ticket... Ok, this can't turn out too bad!
7:30 am: Jacques leaves to go to work! Thanks for chillin Jacques! Right when he leaves, an announcement comes on that says, there is a problem with flight number 408 to Joburg has been cancelled due to an aircraft failure. The flight will be delayed for 6 hours! There are at least 150 pissed off Afrikaaners (big white people speaking a dialect of dutch) trying to get to Joburg for whatever. I realize that I am SOL (as my sister would say) for getting on standby! Oh geez.. 6 hours of sitting at the Cape Town airport is going to suck!
8:00 am: I go to the counter to ask if there is any chance of getting on a flight... The ticketer tells me it is hopeless! Great!
8:15 am: By the Grace of God, the plane is fixed! Everyone is happy once again and the world can continue and I have a slight chance of actually getting on a plane to Joburg!
8:20 am: I go to the counter... again... I ask if there is a chance... He looks up and smiles and says come back in an hour and a half!
9:30 am: I go to the counter... Again!... He hands me a ticket! WOOHOO!
9:40 am: I am on the plane sitting next to a great German couple (who actually stole my seat.. but I dont care cuz I made the plane!)
11:17 am: I am in the air... relaxing... thinking about all my time spent in Cape Town. I need to throw out a thanks to all of you who have been praying and supporting me! You have no idea how much I appreciate it and need it! Thank you! It has been a wild... wild... extreme ride!
3 comments:
Darn the luck Skells! Glad you made de plane! Come & see us when you can! love - cheri
You're an idiot... =)
Hey Skell - was recounting your Top 10 Stateside Comments and must agree w/ you on the Mexican! Even tho we are stateside... there's no Mexican like the Mexican you find in AZ!!! We still miss that! I think too much summer has fried your brain cells - that's why you were so confused as to which month you're in! ha cheri - c2
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