Well, my first day of traveling was a complete and utter fail. I swear to god I can not travel without something going wrong. I left Louisville this morning so excited to finally be on my way to Lisboa. I only had 4 plane rides, 4 airports, and 20 hours between me and that beautiful city. So, I left Louisville to go to Chicago and I wrote an entry in my journal then took a nap (it was only a 50 minute flight). I was super excited, I’m surprised I was even able to fall asleep because I just wanted to be in Lisbon already. But, as soon as I got off the plane, I looked out the airport windows and there were these huge dark, gloomy clouds headed straight towards the airport. Greeeeat, I thought. My plane was supposed to take off at 3:50, boarding starting at 3:20; it was around 3 and it was still showing my flight status as on time, so I thought ok cool, it’s all good. But then the clock just keeps ticking and it’s getting closer and closer to 3:20 and our plane is not outside. Then finally around probably 4 o clock, they make an announcement that our plane was diverted to Columbus, Ohio due to low visibility and that it would be arriving around 6 pm (central time). I start freaking out because my flight from New York is supposed to leave at 9:55 and I needed to switch airports in New York (get my bags, take a taxi, go through security again). The flight from Chicago to New York is about 2 hours so that would put me there at 8 CST / 9 EST. But the taxi ride to the other airport I was leaving from is like 35 minutes, then another 30 or so minutes to get through security. So I wasn’t going to make it. I call the airline that my flight out of New York to Lisbon is booked through, and apparently they only fly to Lisbon ONCE A WEEK, EVERY TUESDAY. I’m like what the fuck am I supposed to due? Stay in New York for 6 days??? No. I try to cancel my flight to Lisbon - non refundable. I call my mom and start crying because I don’t know what to do and I’m stressed and alone and freaking out. She sorted things out, I flew to New York, I am now in a hotel room and leaving from Newark on a nonstop to Lisbon tomorrow night. The shitty part is my mom and I just lost about $1,000 from this whole mishap. Like fuck. Fuck weather / rain / airports / everything. My mom was like not even tripping, probably because she just got $50,000 inheritance and she knew she shouldn’t have put me on that crazy flight. She said she learned her lesson lol. But dude that sucks. That’s a lot of money. We had to pay for another flight, too. So expensive, I feel bad. But, luckily I’m on a nonstop tomorrow so if there is a delay, it won’t matter. And I get to stay in this big ass hotel room by myself. I wish I could go explore New York City because I love it here. It looked so beautiful while I was flying over it tonight. So many lights. I ordered a pizza and watched a movie on Netflix (you guys should watch this movie called “A Girl Like Her”, it’s really sad, but also really good and sends a great message). Anyway, I need to get some sleep, I’ve had a long day and I have another long day tomorrow. Wish me luck tomorrow!!! Hopefully the next time I write, I will be in Lisboaaaa!!
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Maddie Lang
Dreamer. Adventurer. Wallflower. Lover. Fighter. Kentuckian / Californian. Finding my purpose in the world. Archives
February 2020
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