Countdown to Christmas: 5 Days

 Friday, Deccember 20, 2024

What a LOOOONG week.  I have a very sweert.  class of first. graders this year. This last week of shool before a two week winter break was the loopiest I've. ever seen them. Nothing horrible but let's just. say they. were. there but they weren't there. Anyway,  one girl in particular has been driving me to the brink with her neediness. She's constantly looking to interact and receive reassurance. She gave me a jinglebell bracelet this past Tuesday. I thanked her and I put it in my track jacket. The bracelet stayed quiet in there until I  removed the garment when I got home. It jingled and it reminded me of the story The Polar Express. I was able to muster up quite a bit a patience to last me the rest of the week. 

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Left for Phoenix tonight. I was so Zen about figuring out the logistics for  everything to  happen for me to to be ready to leave for the airport. However,  actually getting myself to the airport and on the plane ended up being quite the shit-show. I drove to the wrong terminal and when I got to the right one it took the third of three attempts to get myself into the right parking ramp. After foolishly putting my credit. card on my lap instead. of back in my walletafter inserting it into the kiosk for the parking ramp I drove ahead to fing parking. After getting to the ticketing window to check a bag I realized my credit card was missing after trying to fish my ID out of my wallet. After. going. back to look. for it (and finding it on the floor of the car!) I realized I hadn't gotten a boarding [ass so I went back. in line to get one. Yikes. I was too tired to be traveling on a Friday after one of the most emotionally charged weeks of the school year. 

After a couple Bloody Marys on the plane I was just fine. My seatmate ordered a vodka Sprite. He was great as far as seatmates go. We exchanged some pleasantries but he slept most of the flight. 

John and Dianne know a guy named Dave who does airport runs to bring people to and from the airport. He picked me up after I retrieved my bag and it was about a 45 minute ride to John and Dianne's. It was nice chatting with Dave who's a very pleasant chap. 

Got to John and Dianne's quite late and let myself in as they were asleep. Took about and hour to fall asleep.

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