My Day Yesterday: A Diary

July 23, 2003

Lake Gunisao, Manitoba, Canada (CST)
06:15 Wake up, finish packing
06:45 Eat breakfast
07:45 Board turbo-prop plane en route to Winnipeg

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (CST)
09:30 Arrive in Winnipeg, hoping to make a 10:30 flight to Chicago
09:50 Finish packing fish filets in dry ice, take van to main terminal
10:20 Get on 10:30 flight as a standby
10:27 Finish customs
10:36 Finish security. Of course, my bag was checked
10:45 Plane takes off for Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, USA (CST)
12:50 Arrive in Chicago, skeedaddle to United Customer Service
13:05 Helpful lady puts me on 2pm flight to NYC-LaGuardia
13:20 Another helpful lady moves me to the 3pm flight, so I stay with my bag
14:10 Eat McDonald's, finish Human Nature
14:25 Flight pushed back to 3:25
14:55 Board plane
15:15 Pilot tells us there is a ground stop at LaGuardia until 5pm CST
16:30 Finish reading ESPN the Magazine cover to cover
17:00 Told by pilot that our new departure time is 8:21pm.
17:01 Cry
17:45 Read Fargo Rock City until my eyelids get heavy
18:45 Wake up from hour-long nap, find a copy of PC World
19:15 Told by pilot to put on my seatbelt.
19:16 Do so
19:25 Take off, an hour "early" and 4 hours late

New York, New York, USA (EST)
22:15 Arrive at LaGuardia Airport
22:45 Get my one bag
22:55 Get in a cab
23:20 Arrive at home

It was a long day, but the trip was great so it was definitely worth it.

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