Heading Home

Finals are finally over, and it's time to head home for Christmas break. I got a ride to the airport with my household sister and her dad shortly after my last exam let out. I got to the Pittsburgh airport around 1:00 pm, and through security by 1:15. My flight was scheduled to leave at 3:25, with a layover in Philadelphia. I sat down at the gate and plugged in my laptop, ready to wait for about two hours. I watched the season premier of Better Off Ted.

Then I found out that the flight had been delayed an hour, and that my hour-long layover had turned into 10 minutes. It was a I stood at the departure boards figuring this out that a fellow Franciscan student whom I recognized my sight approached me and told me that her flight had been canceled and that now she wasn't leaving till 6:00. I went to the service desk, where a nice lady and the fact that it's Thursday allowed me to switch to a flight through Phoenix, which is safer weather-wise, and which doesn't board till 5:00.

I called Dad and informed him that I would be getting into San Diego twenty minutes late, then went off to find the girl. It turns out that she's on household council, and the representative for my dorm, so I'll be getting to know her next semester anyway. We sat in the Sam Adams bar down the concourse and sipped strawberry daiquiris, until I accidentally bumped the elbow of a man sitting next to me and fortunately failed to spill his merlot all over his white shirt sleeves. He turned out to be really friendly, and he shared his nachos with us and chatted for a good half hour about college, etc. And he ended up buying us piña coladas before boarding his plane. Plus, I've now got a new friend at school.

I think this beats any other possible outcome of today.