My Weekly Rant !!

September 20th '98

Hey there avid Ranters, hope this finds you all well and happy. So if you are sitting in a comfortable position with a nice drink, just be careful not to spill it ok !! ;0)
Well as some of you know, I just went to Florida for a little vacation, which means doing one of my most least favourite things EVER. No not homework, or anything like that, but flying. Yep I am NOT a good flyer, and my luck with travel doesn't help to console me much.
Anyway with high hopes and all my new clothes, I boarded a plane headed for West Palm Beach. The flight was ok, uneventful, and I got to see "The Truman Show" which I had not seen so that was good. My ride was waiting for me at the airport, everything was going well. SO it just HAD to go wrong !!
Well stood at the baggage claim, I waited, and waited, and waited. Well I had bought two bags with me, one filed with Brendan's old clothes that I was delivering to his younger cousin, and one, a brand new Nike sports bag, filled with my clothes, 75% of them brand new, some not even ever worn. Guess which one didn't make it to West Palm Beach, yep MY bag !!
Well I wasn't a happy bunny, but Kevin, Brendan's cousin enjoyed all his new clothes, shame about mine eh ?? Well I told the baggage people, they have no idea where it is, it was a non-stop flight, so it's not like it got lost during transferring, and the other bag made it. Go figure !!
Well I waited for news, none, finally they gave me $200 in compensation to buy myself something nice, now $200 doesn't go too far in the clothes world, but I got some stuff. STILL they haven't found my bag, so I have a claim form to fill in (man they are SOOO paranoid) and need to mail that, then just wait and see how long it is till they stiff me (not optimistic at all)
However I had a great time in Florida, and arranged to meet Becki, a net friend in Orlando. Making her the priveledged first one. Well I got to the bus station, ready for my 4 hour haul, and funnily enough, we weren't allowed on the bus. Now I had told Becki not to expect me as knowing my luck, some evil maniac will have placed a bomb on the bus that activates when the bus hits 50 mph. And the people not letting us on the bus were from the Sherriff's Dept. I just laughed. They were actually looking for drugs though, they said, so it wasn't too bad. Although they didn't ask me, maybe I have an innocent face !!
The rest of the trip was uneventful, met up with Becki and had a great day (thanx babe) and travelled back, meeting some interesting characters, including a guy who said he had just that day been released from prison for aggrevated assault, and he had the parole papers to back up his story, so that made the journey back a little more interesting.
Then there was my flight back to Boston, well actually that was fine. A bit of turbulence, but that is all. After a great week in Florida, and a day of rain to see me off, I landed back in Boston for my last week in the States *cries*. Yep, next week, more flying !! AARRGGHH !!
Oh well, what else could go wrong ??!! Wait, don't answer that !!

Later People

Darren ;0)