Up at 4 a.m., on the corner by 5 a.m. to catch the bus downtown. No one on the bus looked happy. About one-half of them didn’t even look awake.
I wasn’t all that sharp myself, which is why I got off at a stop two blocks past the light-rail station. Just missed a train but it didn’t matter; starting at 6 a.m. they run about every eight minutes.
The flight is overbooked — surprise! — but for obvious reasons I’m not giving up my seat.
Two new airline wrinkles:
- If I agreed to have my carry-on (and only luggage) checked here at the gate, I could get on the plane early. But…It would not be a true gate check, i.e., in Houston I’d have to go to baggage claim and then back through security. Thanks, but no thanks.
- They’re flogging their new in-flight DirecTV service. If I chose, I could watch sitcoms for four hours, instead of napping or reading. It would cost only $6! Um, no.
I watched a guy order and consume a Frosty at 7 a.m. Ack. And I thought I was depraved for wanting a Diet Coke.
A couple of little kids are already crying, even though we haven’t started boarding yet. I know how they feel.
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Wait, did I miss where you are going? And for the record, I hate early flights but they usually don’t have babies on them which I avoid so I tend to be on them. And there is nothing wrong with a morning Diet Coke. Think of it as an iced coffee with bubbles.
@Sandy: I am heading toward the United Kingdom for three frugal weeks.
Incidentally, that first flight was rife with babies. I counted at least a dozen babies and kids under age 5. No one cried. One baby fussed a little, but no outright wailing. That’s a first.
You should have free movies the whole way over … no need to pay for DirectTV. Oh wait, I forgot you have to fly across the US before you get to the free movies.