I made it! I’m finally here! And
let me tell you, it was a process. Our first flight was set to take off from
Traverse City at 4:55, then connect at O’Hare and depart from Chicago at 5:05
(with the time change this really gave us about 15 minutes to get from point A
to point B). Cherry Capital Airport being the soul sucking wretched business
that it is, delayed out flight by 35 minutes. This left us absolutely hauling
butt to make it to our flight from Chicago to Manchester, England. Oh and did I
mention that the airport couldn’t check our bags from Traverse City to Shannon?
They checked them from Traverse City to Manchester. Which left us in a position
where we had to go through customs, pick up our bags, get rechecked and go
through customs again. Mom and Kristin found their bags without incident. But,
mine? Oh where are mine? According to the worker they had been put on the plane
to Shannon. That was all well and good, except waiting for my mysterious luggage
had caused us to miss our flight to Shannon. From there we booked a flight to
London, then finally to Shannon.
I
know you’re all on the edge of your seats wondering, did she get it?! Was her
bag there!? Well folks, it certainly wasn’t. So that left me with forms to fill
out and numbers to call. And allegedly they will have my bag to me by tomorrow
morning and no matter where I am staying they will bring my bag to me. That’s
wonderful news, however I am still without all my clothes and toiletries for
the night. We ended up going to a local department store so that I could get a
shirt for tomorrow at a toothbrush at least.
Oh, and we drove to the store. Drove. In a car. On the left side of the
road. Maybe that doesn’t sound all that scary to you, but when you have
already been in an airport for 19 hours running around and haven’t had any
sleep in 24 hours it is a positively terrifying and stressful experience.
After we picked up a few things at
the store we went back to the airport to pick up a sim card so that we will
have a phone again. I’m so disconnected, it’s really strange.
It’s now 10:30 pm here, and I am
absolutely exhausted. I must depart to take a shower, fore I am a dirty child.
Until next time!
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