Wait for it....

Last week I headed out of town to NY and CT for work (more on that later when I get the pictures back!)

The actual "travel" there was a nightmare. In all my years, I have never had any problems when I flew. I've heard about them, especially in the movies ("Castaway" comes to mind...) But first hand, nothin'. No delayed flights, no cancellations...nada.

Well....that all changed last Saturday. I was stuck in Dulles... America's answer to the Bermuda triangle with a twist: "Dulles - where planes go to sit." I could go on and on about how stressful it was, how the airport was complete chaos, how we had to sit on the tarmac for 4 hours with no food/water.....but I won't.


You know why? Because as I was waiting in the 5 mile customer service line, surrounded by people complaining in every language, something beautiful happened. Just when I thought I might let out a wimper of defeat..........wait for it...........




I met Mike Rowe! You know, "Dirty Jobs" Mike Rowe?!! I gotta say...at my house, he's a hero. We watch his show and LOVE every disgusting minute. I read an aricle on him and his career once In Fast Company Magazine that totally inspired me. Believe it or not, in the midst of the poo and the slime, he has found his dream job! Isn't that what we all want? I'd love to find my own "Dirty Jobs" someday! Minus the dirty jobs, of course. Anyway, it's a brilliant article...definately worth hunting down. It looks a little somethin' like this:



So, back to the travel drama. We ended up getting on a stand by flight to JFK and drove to CT by town car. Since our luggage was not going to show up for another day, we asked our driver to find us a store that was actually opened at 2:30 in the morning. We stopped at a 24 hr grocery in Queens and asked for toothpaste and underwear. That....will be a blog all by itself.

My head finally hit a pillow at 4am. Our call time was at 7am. I was thankful for three things that day: 1. Strong coffee... 2. Under eye concealer... and 3. The little tickle in my tummy from meeting Mike Rowe!