Travel Diary

It was a wild day to be traveling since there were global disruptions to computers worldwide(CloudStrike), which affected the industry to a great degree. But that happened in the morning and it was hard to know what the situation was like at night so I was a little concerned, but not enough to cancel or reschedule. Well what I did do is rebooked my flight by an hour, so I would be able to ensure the airport wasn't too crazy. Giving up my first class seat wasn’t fu, but it was only a one hour flight so no big deal. I was hoping I would get upgraded for the new flight, but that didn’t happen.

I didn't want to drive and park at SeaTac, because I figured the parking lot would be full, and Uber of course was going to be $65 each way or something like that. So I took public transit. There is a station in Capital Hill. I started walking there, though checked the schedule and missed it by probably five minutes, so I kept walking all the way into town and over towards the Westlake station. It was a good time to see some of the city and get some fresh air. Apparently there was a big concert going on, and the line snaked down several streets.

I finally found Westlake station and caught the train. The train wasn't too packed but as usual there are many people taking two seats with any concern about those around them who were standing. That seems to happen a lot, but not just in Seattle. One woman even had her dog up on a seat which wasn't good. I like dogs, but they really don't belong up on the seats where people have to sit later in case they're allergic or what not. We just have a lot of people that don't think about others. Again, not really a Seattle thing per se, but to be sure, the average rider here isn’t more thoughtful than riders elsewhere in the country.

It was a long train line, but that was to be expected. When I got to SeaTac, I exited the train and hurried towards the terminals. I really didn't need to hurry, but I was thinking I might go into the lounge and use one of my four passes I had left. Something sharp must have grazed my hand when I was making my way there because at some point, I noticed that my finger was bleeding. I didn't want to worry about a Band-Aid at the moment so I just kind of kept it from hitting anything. TSA went by pretty fast, although the security officer pointed out that my finger was bleeding. I said yes, I would deal with security first and then the second. Priorities.

Once I got through security, I stopped to take care of my finger, but I couldn't find my Band-Aid. However, very nice Japanese couple offered to give me a Band-Aid and even place it around my finger, which was really nice. Although I did want to go to the restroom and wash it, but I didn't want to stop them from doing a kind deed. I thanked them a few times, then I did visit the restrooms and use the new private stalls because it's nice to have quiet place to relax for a spell, and those new stalls are completely isolated so there's really no time limit, which is kind of cool. Take all the time you want.

I decided there wasn't enough time to visit the lounge and I just went to my gate. I still got to board first because I was in the 100K club, even though I didn't have my first class seat any longer. I was actually the first person on the plane which was kind of fun. My seat was in row six but was quite large in terms of legroom. It's also a plane that has only 2x2 seating throughout.

Soon we took off and I got my scotch on the rocks. There was no meal served – not for such a short flight. An hour later, we were landing in Boise. It was about midnight when we landed. I headed to the outside area and summoned a Lyft driver to take me to Middleton. When I got there, it was pretty late. My dad was still up and I guess even my mom. I hung out for a little bit and then finally went to sleep probably around 2 AM.

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