I was supposed to go home tonight, but due to a mass of thunderstorms that shut down the Toronto airport (and caused a lot of delays at O'Hare as well) I am still here in Canada. I had to go through US customs to board the plane, which was an earlier flight that the one I was scheduled for. But after about 3 hours on the plane, we realized we weren't going to go anywhere.

I'm pretty bummed. Tomorrow (today) I have to be at my Milwaukee client to do a 7am demo, and the a full 2 day workshop. Also, I was going to spend my night hanging out with Benjamin, who I miss terribly right now. Alas, that wasn't the plan for me - i was left to simmer in a too hot airplane with a bunch of grouchy passengers, and having to go back through Canadian customs once they finally cancelled the flight I was on because the pilot was over his work hours.

I then waited 45 minutes for my luggage, which was pretty wet when i got it. I waddled over to the airport Sheraton, praying that they had rooms open but seeing all the people around me who had the some thing in mind, knew that it wasn't going to happen. I then called the hotel I stayed at yesterday, but they had no rooms. I got in touch with 5 other hotels, all packed with people. Finally I got a hold of an inn near the airport that had 2 rooms left - one non-smoking room. I waited another half hour for the shuttle to pick me up.

My inn/hotel is a little shady, though the guy at the front desk was a really nice guy. The floors here are stained, there's a musty, almost-urine smell in the hallways and the bedcovers look like something out of the 1970's. But hey, it's a place to put my head down and I'm thankful that I even found a place, sparing me from sleeping at the airport. Also, there's wireless internet, which is always a great thing for a hotel to have!

So tomorrow, I'm probably going to go directly to Milwaukee without stopping at home first. I'll already be late for my workshop, so I don't have time to stop at my place. I won't be home until Thursday night. *sigh* Things like this are always stressing to me.

I miss my baby!

Posted by Yano at May 16, 2007 12:37 AM

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