I knew I didn't need to pack. I just didn't. My plane was leaving in two hours but meh! Packing schmacking. I folded letters, cleaned the kitchen, painted my nails, started a new business plan, watched Scandal. Urgency ain't got nothin' on me.
Then I got the email "Your flight has been cancelled. Go to united.com for more information."
First of all. Ummmm thanks for all the help United? If this was my mom receiving that email, she would've FREAKED OUT. Thank God I live in the same city as my airport!
Second of all. I KNEW I didn't need to pack.
Third of all. United.com had zero information. Went to the airport instead.
Flight rerouted to Phoenix for the next day which actually worked quite well for me and my cohorts! Original plan: I fly from 8:15 pm to 3 am (6 am DC time). Megan pick me up, I sleep for many hours, we resume life in the afternoon like normal people.
Better plan: I fly from 5 am to 1 pm. Megan pick me up, we resume life like normal people.
Voila!
So I arrive. Not actually in DC, but Maryland, because Megan is getting her PhD at University of Maryland. We go grocery shopping, oogle at the mall that has to specify when their salons are "American" because the rest are assumed to be African. Megan and I did a quick internet search- in SLO, there are 1.2% African Americans. In College Park, 65%. Needless to say we have like zero African Salons in SLO. Still no Native Americans anywhere.
Megan and I have difficult eating habits. She's vegetarian and survives off quesadillas and grilled cheese. I don't eat bread (or tortillas) or dairy (aka cheese), and tons of meat. Fabbbb. So we arrived at a wonderful conclusion of peach salad and sweet potato fries. CJ came over, ate, and then said we'd have to go to McDonald's after because he was still hungry. Bitch bitch bitch. All he ever does! I guess he's still a growing boy..
We took a walk around the 'hood and somehow avoided the McDonalds (you're welcome CJ's insides). Meandered in the woods, caught up on our current judgments of all our friends' social situations, avoided judging our own endless transitioning lives, laughed, and MARVELED at fireflies. California may be amazing, but we need more fireflies.
Megan and I have dubbed the theme of this week Necessary But Not Urgent. Also FUN SOCIAL STUFF ALL THE TIME. Tomorrow we are going to make her a new memory box (necessary, but not urgent), go paddle boarding (SUPER NECESSARY. and social and fun.), and I will restructure the Spanish class I teach (necessary, kind of urgent..).
It's gonna be great.
DC Day 1 is done, 9 more to go!! Whoo!
My future telling powers tell me they're all going to BE AMAZING.
