Airplane Sob Story

It's almost 2 AM and I'm not in bed yet. Why? Because my plane that was supposed to leave at 4:20 PM didn't leave Boston until 10 PM. Which means we got to DC at about 11:30, due to all the random machinations the pilot had to make to maneuver around the thunderstorms. And can I just say that it is NEVER a good feeling to look outside your airplane window and see lightning?

So then Ryann, who is a saint (Hi, Ryann!), and I finally met up at 11:45 after I RAN through Dulles. Why when there are all of 8 planes at the airport did they park us at the gate that was many moving walkways and escalators down and up and then down again and then, look, we're going up again, from the exit?

I haven't seen Ryann in 6 years so we chatted for a bit. Since I was supposed to be here at 6 PM, that would have worked out GREAT then. As it is, we're both going to be very tired tomorrow.

I'm feeling a wee bit frustrated with the Bar progress for the day. I finished memorizing the Con Law flashcards and managed to do a bunch of Crim and Con Law PMBR questions, which made me very happy and feel like maybe I will pass this thing if I can get ALL the subjects learned as well.

Then I started on Property. I pulled out the future interests cards and started memorizing. I feel like I got those pretty down, but nothing else. Between my vast annoyance at the weather, Dulles, and Independence Air, specifically, I was too keyed up to be very productive. Add to that having to call Ryann every time they pushed our flight back a bit more. I also called a couple of other people to try to keep from screaming.

Did you all realize airports are very loud? I always bring earplugs when I travel, but even with those in I could hear the lady at the ticket counter across the way yelling intermittently, "Sir, will you please calm down!" (Oh yeah, did I mention there was a flight that was supposed to take off an hour after ours that they just outright canceled?) To add to my pain, there were signs and posters and actual copies of the sixth Harry Potter book all over the airport. I resisted. Harry Potter will not even be glanced at until after the Bar. July 29th I will be heading to Barnes and Nble.

I had my copy of Little Women with me, which I've been reading for 20 minutes every night before I go to bed in order to relax enough to fall asleep so I gave up on Property because memorization was just not happening, and started reading, figuring I could work on the flashcards on the plane.

No. I was in the row with the cute and very very tired little family. 2 parents and 4 little kids, including an 18-month old who had obviously had just about enough from Independence Air and screamed for, oh, 2/3 of the flight to Dulles.

So I've got future interests down. Hurrah.

Now I'm going to bed.