MySpace "The twilight zone between Friday night and Saturday morn..." - Saturday, February 04, 2006, 04:52

{Okay… This blog was supposed to have been finished and posted late on Friday evening, after getting back from Baltimore and after dinner out. But it turns out that I was out till almost 5:00 in the morning! What the?!? I guess I’ll finish it now. The first half was written in the BWI airport and on the plane; the rest, now.}

{Part 1} Darn it. I sure did it this time. It’s one of those Kramer moments, you know? The one where he pushes his luck with a used car on the highway while the needle dips dangerously below “E?” Yeah… That’s what I did.

So I said that I won’t put 200% effort to make up for the delay my client did to themselves. But I also love the rush I get from working against time. Although in this one instance, there was no deadline, as it was pretty clear that I have to return to finish the job. But I pushed on anyway. I had to leave the hospital by 13:00 in order to make enough time. But I worked and worked and worked till 12:55. Then there! The implementation part was done. Now I when I return, I can rest easy and just do the testing phase. But I didn’t tell the client that I did some testing on my own while working late nights before. Hee hee…

Anyway, back to the point. I rushed back to the hotel to check out, since I’m a Diamond VIP with Hilton. One of the perks of being at that level is to check out late. Ha! Then I rushed to the airport. BWI is one of those airports where the rental car facility is freaking far away from the airport. And to get there, you have to navigate through many turns and roads. But I remember each time I get to BWI and drive off the rental lot, I was always able to make a little shortcut and get to I-295 with relative ease. So I decided that this time, when I return the car, I’ll use that shortcut. And then I will stand by for an earlier flight just like last week!

Hmm… The “shortcut” was nowhere to be found. How could that be? I’ve done this leaving the rental place three times now. So I ended up a little further away from the airport, in the parking lot of Bass Pro Shop. XD Ha ha ha… I asked someone how to get to the airport, and I got on my way.

When I was about a mile away from the airport, I saw a gas station in a corner. I also saw a sign indicating to turn to go to the rental car facility at that same corner. But I need to fill up the tank. After doing all that, I totally forgot about the turn, got out of the station, and drove the original course. After about five miles, I started doubting my situation. I mean, the landing strip was to my left, the plane observation area was to my right. No car rental facility is *that* close to the airport. Turns out that I have missed the turn. Darn! So I turned around…

All this got me running late, that instead of standing by for an earlier flight, I ended up getting to the airport with less than an hour to my departure! And after rushing through security, I learned that my flight was delayed by an hour. Crap! So what did I learn? Stick with the directions posted on the highway. Stick with what you know. Stop venturing around when time is precious. Oh well… I’m sure I’ll do something similar in stupidity again in the future. Not just once, or twice, but multiple times! LOL

{Part 2} Well, this was a bit unexpected… I didn’t know, or anticipate, to be out all night till 5:00 in the morning. What happened? Dinner, beer, and cats… And all I got was some lousy cat hair on my clothes! Ha ha ha… But honestly, it was a pleasant evening. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I had a good time. Somewhat… I am still waiting, and that kind of ruined it all for the moment I was having. It just wasn’t the same. I had to have some restraints. Is that fair? I don’t know. I guess I can wait another week. Sigh…

I guess tomorrow will be another fun evening. Erin, Christine, Matt, Maria and I will be heading out to dinner. Uhm… Not tomorrow. I mean later tonight, since it is already Saturday morning. We haven’t seen each other since, uhm, the birthday pub crawl! And Erin joked that she doesn’t know what we look like anymore! Ha ha ha… But wait… Didn’t some of us get together at McCormick & Schmick’s after Duffy’s last weekend? Yeah, I’m pretty sure we did. But it’s always good to just hang out. =)

Okay. I have a lot on my mind. No, not the spinning in my head, but thoughts and stuff. And I have not been sleeping well the whole week, and I’m dead tired. So… Good night!