Curses

I did it. I broke my string of bad flying experiences. The only bad moment on any of my flights was when my flight from Portland landed in Cincinnati. We landed so hard that my teeth hurt for about 30 minutes. All of us were fairly disturbed but it passed.

I do want to comment on a few things from yesterday.

The Charleston airport is insane. For a small airport, they take security very seriously. I am not sure if they have secret information that outlines potential threats coming out of the airport, but I have never seen TSA take their jobs so seriously. Newark, LA, Chicago, JFK? Nothing on Charleston. Is this where they are supposed to get their training? Don't get me wrong. I support strong airport security. I like security. I just think that just maybe..Charleston takes it to an extreme. Based on prior experiences, I knew to allow plenty of time for security processing. I had two people review my Kiehl's lotion before it went through screening to make sure it was less than 3.5 fluid ounces and to announce down the screening line that it was less than 3.5 fluid ounces. Whew! They also had security ride a mountain bike through the terminal. This is a very small terminal. The best feature? The attendant in the woman's bathroom who wipes off the handle of every stall before someone walks in.

I know that Chik-fil-a does not open on Sundays but why not the Atlanta airport franchise? Can't we compromise some of our beliefs to satisfy a longing customer? At least my layover allowed me to watch football.

My flight from Atlanta to Portland was long. 5 hours long. I passed time by playing in-flight trivia against fellow passengers. I almost went to find Brian in 7A to tell him that I was taking him down. When I finally started winning, I wanted to find him to tell that I had sufficiently kicked his ass off the plane. Watching NFL score updates and our flight progress made for lots of entertainment. I am now a fan of in-flight entertainment at your disposal and Delta. Screw American and United.