Happy Friday! I am so excited for the weekend! Not to mention, the Saints play tonight. I know its just preseason, but I am still so excited the boys of fall are BACK! I am going to wear the new jersey Bobby got me at the end of last season tonight. I canโt wait!
So, the official photos for RnR Providence are up. Itโs hard to tell in the small pictures just how hard it was raining, but I still think the pictures are quite comicalโฆ..because I LOOKE fine/happy and like I am having funโฆbut LIES the pictures are all LIES! See for yourself.ย
btwโฆthat specific tank soaking wet is not very flattering on me.
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below you can see my phone in my pocket in itโs awesome ziploc bag to keep it dry. heh.
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So after the race I hurried back to the room after grabbing my medal and a banana and water, quickly showered and packed up and we got a cab for the airport. My flight was at 12:55 and I didnโt want to miss it because I had a 3 hour layover in Charlotte and Jen was going to take me to lunch! When I went to check in, I was told my flight was delayed TWO HOURS! I was crushed! I texted Jen and told her the bad news. Since technically I could still make my connecting flight, I just needed to get to Charlotte and then have a short layover then take my flight to NOLA. What a bummer.
Michelleโs flight wasnโt till 1:30 so we sat at Starbucks and hung out a little longer before she had to go.
Our gates were by each other so we walked together, said our goodbyes, and I settled in for my long wait. An hour and a gate change later, and I was on the plane to Charlotte. In the back of the plane. Next to a screaming baby. A SCREAMING baby. Just my luck.
I landed in Charlotte and was starving so I headed for some food after checking to see that my flight was on time. (6:00)
After I ate, I checked my flight status againโฆDELAYED! until 7:25! gah! I was so frustrated, I had already sat around for an hour, and if I had known this when I landed I maybe could have seen Jen! I went to find somewhere to plug my cell phone in, sat around, then saw we were delayed AGAIN to 8:55! They came over the speakers and said that we had a plane but no crewโฆthat they were bringing in a crew from Pittsburghโฆ.but they hadnโt left yet. WHAT? They hadnโt even LEFT Pitt yetโฆI just had thisโฆfeeling, that it was going to be way later than 8:55โฆso I texted Jen and asked her if she could come pick me up and I could spend the night at her house, and checked with my mom to make sure she could get me tomorrow from the NOLA airport. Then I asked for a ticket change to the next day and said I was NOT paying extra for it! They didnโt say a word, I think they saw the anger, exhaustion, and fire shooting out of my eyeballsโฆ. and they gave me a ticket for 11:20 the next day!
I was so excited, I was going to get to see Jen and Jeff after all and finally meet her sweet dog Nati. She picked me up, and we went to the store so I could get a toothbrush, etc. (my checked bag was en route to NOLA hhmmm) but luckily I had a change of clothes.
We chatted that night and the next morning before I had to go back to the airport.ย It went by too fast! It was so good to see her, and I am so glad I get to see them both again in a few weeks in Disney!
(In case some of you are wondering, Jen and I have been friends for about 5 years, but hardly ever get to see each otherโฆand itโs usually on Disney trips that we plan together. This will be our FOURTH Disney trip together!) When your friend lives in a different state, meeting up somewhere you both love works well!
QOTD: Do you ever buy the professional race pictures?
**Tomorrow is the last day to enter my running skirts raffle! check it out! For a great cause, and other great prizes as well!ย http://www.runningwithsass.com/win-stuff/
ugh i hate when flights do this but glad it worked out for the best!!! yay! ๐ i never buy the race photos. aaron has a really nice camera and gets better pics than the race ones anyways
Yay, so glad you got stranded ๐ Nati misses you!
aw I miss nati!
I’m considering buying mine from the Bix 7, it was an awesome race and I like having pictures of me running every once in a while… I don’t have any recent ones right now. But they cost more than the race itself! I think I’m going to wait til I run Rock n Roll St Louis to pick out which pictures I like better (Bix or the Rock N Roll). I’m definitely not going to spring for both!
I know! you are right, they can end up costing more than the race!
I ordered the obscenely priced gallery downloads from my first few Disney races. Other than that, no. I also don’t usually have anyone taking my picture as I run unless I’m running with ROTE so there ya go.
So, you can actually run with your phone in your skirt pocket? For some reason, I can’t…my skirt would be at my knees! Bummer, since the main reason I tried a skirt in the first place was because I couldn’t find ANY shorts that had pockets! LOL. Oh well. I always wear a belt anyway…
BTW, these pics definitely show how well runningskirts hold up in the rain! You may feel like a drowned rat but at least you still look cute! ๐
I do the same thing with a few of my friends that live out of state – we usually plan Disney trips together!!
I was going to say it depends on the pictures, but no, I usually am I sucker for those and buy the pictures. But it probably has to be an “A” race. The “B” races I don’t usually buy the photos.
There are a few race pictures I want to buy but I haven’t pulled the trigger because they are just so darn expensive! UGH!
I know the price makes me sick
Those pictures definitely make the run look wet! Kudos again for dominating your half!
As for the airport…how annoying! At least you were in a city where who had someone to call! It all turned out in the end, this time! ๐
I LOVE going to Disney! I’m going down for the Wine & Dine Half; are you going to be there??