There are travel days that go off without a hitch—smooth skies, on-time departures, no rogue toddlers kicking the back of your seat. This trip? It almost made the cut. Let’s rewind. The commute to the airport? Two+ hours of crawling traffic that made me question every life decision, but I’m skipping over that part because […]
Cue the credits. Or… maybe not quite yet. Today should be my final trip of the year. Should be. That little asterisk looms large, considering the travel gods don’t like to let me go quietly. So here I am, reflecting from another airport gate, maybe slightly delayed, maybe bracing for turbulence—literal or otherwise. Let’s talk […]
Some trips start with a plan. This one started with false confidence. I was headed to North Carolina for a soccer showcase with my travel trio: Ashley, Andrew, and Dan. Spirits were high. I was even getting cocky—my last few flights had been blissfully uneventful. The kind of smooth that makes you think you’ve finally […]
🎶 “Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends…” 🎶 New year, same chaotic travel vibes—and you know I wouldn’t have it any other way. So how did I kick off the first travel mission of the year? Oh, just with a casual plunge into the icy unknown… a.k.a. South Carolina in winter. […]
So there I was, jet-lagged and caffeine-dependent, headed to the far-off misty corner of the country again. Things started off mostly normal—if you ignore the part where our pilot in Denver casually stops the plane on the runway to tell us there’s a “minor mechanical issue.” But don’t worry, folks—maintenance says it’s still ‘legal’ and […]