A rockstar, but a really lame rock star.

I thought I could trick you all by showing you a picture of the Atlanta airport. I thought you would think I was visiting Atlanta. Because why the hell would an airline with a hub city in Detroit send me to Atlanta before letting me go to San Francisco? Why would they change my airline to Delta without telling me? Why would they change my flight making me miss my connection in Atlanta making me sit in Atlanta's airport for 6.5 hours. That's a lot of magazines, a lot of margaritas* and not a lot of battery power on the laptop. (I posted here while I waited) There is only one explanation for all of this: Northwest Airlines hates me.

Also Atlanta hates me because the margaritas at the airport chilis tasted like lime koolaid and had so little alcohol in them even Dr. Janet Taylor would suggest you give them to your kids.

*One of those margaritas was too many.

The other answer is it was a free frequent flyer ticket and I became nothing but steerage. If planes could sink, I would have been the first to die a watery death. I sat in an overhead bin. I could have flown to California by way of Australia and made it there faster. It took a long time is what I'm saying, but at the end I was in California with some of my favorite ladies watching while they karaoked.

It was 2am my time when I arrived, I started my travels (including a 30 minute wait for a shuttle from the lot) at 9:30 in the morning. We arrived home at 5am my time (after a trip back to the bar to get my wallet I dropped on the ground) and before I went to sleep I called the school absence line to let them know the kids would not be in school today* and two hours later while I was asleep and still a little drunk, I fielded a call from the school letting me know Pie Friday is now Pie Thursday.

This makes me a rockstar.

*Logan and the kids drove down to Indy yesterday for the weekend with my brother and sister in law and the mini marathon.

Comments

[virginia]

I would love to be anywhere but here right now - especially somewhere with lovely lady friends, karaoke bars, drinks and no children. Heaven - even if you have to go through 17 hours of hell to get there. Enjoy!

[jenp]

actually, it takes about 6.5 hours to get from one terminal to another in atlanta. glad you got to sneak some margaritas in, no matter how weak they were. that airport is hell.

[Jennifer]

Talking to the school while drunk? You're like Courtney Love!

Rock on, Mama!

[Amy Jo]

Aw heck! If I had known you were sitting at Hartsfield-Jackson for all eternity, I would have brought you a flask. At least then you could have spiked your lime kool-aid.

[merseydotes]

Why didn't you get in on the karaoke action?

[maiareads]

Have a blast RockStar!

(I had the BEST Margerita in Amsterdam at a Mexican Tapa joint in Rembrant Square. Obviously the bartender either did not know how to make them or was a little tipsy himself, I had one and WHOA!)

Envious you are out there travelling and having fun sans family. Nothing quite like it ;)

[Amy]

If you die and go to hell, you have to go through Atlanta.

[Suebob Davis]

I am not jealous of all you fab bitchez and your karaoke fun. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. So nyaaah.

[mac]

Nearly 7 hours in the ATL? Heck, I could have brought you some real food and real booze and still have been home in time to get dinner on the table. Sounds (and looks!) like you're having a blast now!

[superblondgirl]

I'm so jealous, that looks like FUN!! Enjoy.

[BOSSY]

Bossy also enjoyed this airline experience. Check here for Bossy's Excellent Adventure!
http://iambossy.typepad.com/i_am_bossy/2007/02/bossys_excellen.html

[Amy]

So glad you made it safe & sound! Have a blast and a drink or two or twelve for me.

[joanne]

I had to fly out from ATL to SFO on Monday. I flew United. Ha! Yanno, hubby thinks ATL is a well laid out airport. I think SFO has a better layout. Too bad about the layover.

[Kaley]

I am a loooong time lurker and just now commenter, but: I ran the mini today, so I feel you should know this?

Well anyway, I love your blog, blah blah blah.

[Nifle]

I can relate. I blogged about my stay at the airport on Thursday evening. I would've taken your path of margaritaville, but they closed all the restaurants/bars at 7 pm.

[Meghan]

I'm housesitting for my aunt and uncle while they run in the Indy marathon. Why anyone would take the time to drive hundreds of miles out of their way to run around with a bunch of strangers is beyond me.

I hope Logan and the kiddos had a good time.

[Pants]

I drove down to Indy with the kids Thursday night for a weekend at Liss's brother and sister in law's and ran the mini marathon. This makes me a rockstar.

[charise]

I HATE airport with a passion. I've never had a good experience. I flew Delta to a wedding in Des Moines last year. On the way back home, when I was vomiting in all the airport bathrooms from having far too much to drink at the wedding, our flight got delayed so long we would miss the last connecting flight out of Cincinnati by the time we got there. So they flew us to Atlanta (I was going to Columbus, OH, so that was totally not the right way) and I sat in that horrendous airport forever.

And there was the other the time a little rain shut the whole aiport down and they were so confused and had everything so screwed up the FAA had to take over all communications inside the airport. I got home at 4 am, instead of 10 pm. And had to work in the morning.

[Notredame9207]

OMG - LOVE the new masthead!!! LOVE!

I too, hate traveling through the airports now. I used to frequent between PIT and DTW at least once or twice a month - that was pre-9/11 and it's gotten so much worse. Esp now since for work I am doing alot of Chicago and NYC trips.....thankfully, we've not made the jump to Atlanta yet.....I have friends there, but they seem to come here to see me, instead of making me fly down there.....awesome friends, don't you think?

at least you had the BB to keep you company!

[Chuck]

You know, the absolute worst damn thing about flying anymore is the "layover" concept. Because what it means is "expose your travel plans to an order of magnitude more things that can, and will, go wrong."

I've had four flights recently with layovers. Three have been screwed up, delayed, canceled, or diverted. Um, that is not a good record.

However, I can say this about Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW, big American hub): They have bars that sell large (22 oz, I would guess) mugs of Shiner Bock for $6.50. For airport drinking, I have yet to find anything that holds a candle to it.

Not that you NEED alcohol to get there, of course, but man, it does make a layover way more fun. And Shiner Bock really is quite delicious.