I'm on My Way

1/27/2009

The day before we were scheduled to leave (yesterday) James received a call about a job interview in Baltimore to be scheduled for two days after we left. After a nerve racking day of trying to contact the potential employer to reschedule and the airline to push the flight back, James was able to reschedule the interview for 9:00AM in Baltimore the morning of our departure day.
He had to wake up at 5:00 AM, drive two hours in the snow to Baltimore, go to the interview, then turn around and drive two hours back to Philadelphia. Luckily, there were no traffic problems because the timing was pretty tight and he made it back to Lansdale just in time.
I woke up at 8:45 in Lansdale and the power was out in the whole house. I couldn’t check on the internet for flight delays, so I was calling around for other people to help me. I did not shower yesterday because the power was out all day. ( if you are wondering - electric water heater). I was looking at the possibility of 72 hours total before I would get to shower again. The power was restored an hour before we left for the airport. I’m happy to say I boarded the plane fresh and clean.
Our flight left Philadelphia at 3:30 PM, connected in Houston, and went on to Buenos Aires, where we arrived around 10:00 AM. Everyone I talked to before I left was asking me if I was nervous. “What is going to happen once you are there? Do you have a place to stay? Do you know what you are going to do? Do you have a plan?” It all just made me wonder if I should be nervous. Maybe I’m missing something but I was thinking people do this kind of stuff all the time. I don’t think it has sunk in yet that I’m going. Maybe that’s why there is a lack of nerves. Or maybe because it just seems like any other day and James is sitting next to me, telling me how great his armpits smell because of his new deodorant. Too bad the deodorant can’t help the coffee breath …