Kris Jordan

Based on very little fact or reason I am going to propose and assert the law of very short layovers. It goes as follows: layovers which are an hour or under in length cause the probability of your first outgoing flight to be late and subsequently for annoying problems to arise. Problems such as losing luggage, stress, sprinting through an airport, and missing your flight. Luckily I checked no bags so in my flight to Brown I only experienced the latter three. I don’t want to harp on it but lets just say US Air’s system for handling exceptional cases is poor at best. Poor is even giving it credit.

Today’s handling at the special services desk was terrible. Inconceivably bad. When I got in-line after running from one terminal to another after being told by the pilot of my first flight that “all connections are still good” and “flights are being held” (an utter lie, as I was in aisle 4, sprinted, and didn’t even see it pulling out of its gate) it was 4pm. There were about 20-25 people in front of me in the line. 1 or, sometimes, 2 service representatives lacking any sense of urgency manned the station. It took me until 6:15 to finally get to the front of the line. Two and a half hours for 20 some people to be taken care of. It was just bad all over. I’ll be e-mailing US Air when I have more energy and hope to get a free ticket out of it.

In more exciting news I finally made it here. 11:30pm verses 5:30pm. Only a few hours and a missed dinner away. I’m really not as bitter as this probably sounds. Just fatigued after a long week. Two more mornings of early awakenings and then its cruise time.

(#21) Duke lost to State in OT. Clemson lost to Florida State. Miami beats (#20) Maryland. Holy ACC. What a turbulent place to be. Hate to miss the game vs Florida State tomorrow. Go heels! (Will Hansbrough rock a mask??)

Finally I have some bab-eh pictures to share. Ava at 1 day old. Why are babies so cute?