Wednesday, February 10, 2010

so here's what happened

i am currently in los angeles, california and not in little rock, arkansas, which is where i am technically supposed to be right now. a multitude of events lead me to this point and they are as follows: we left in plenty of time for me to get to the airport on monday afternoon. however, the SUPERBOWL CHAMPION SAINTS were landing at roughly the same time we were making our trek, and since everyone in new orleans had black and gold fever, the traffic was BA-noodles, as the entire city came to the airport to see the players land. by the time i got to the check-in counter, i had missed my flight. i NEVER miss a flight by my own accord, and so this was frustrating to say the least. while i was trying to figure out my next move, i called my sweet kathleen aka my ride home on the other side to tell her that i was most definitely going to be late. she informed me that the 20% chance of maybe a little bit of snow that was forecasted for the little rock area late monday night had instead become a 100% chance of some pretty serious snow that showed up early instead. i don't even know if it was sunday or monday when it happened, all i know is that she emailed me a picture of the winter wonderland, and i knew then that, missed flight or no, i wasn't getting home monday regardless. so scott takes a deep breath and says, "why don't we both just stay the night in new orleans, and go to l.a. tomorrow?" well, i can think of a million reasons why not! i still have so much to do! i'm supposed to go back to work! my apartment is a mess! and that dvr is chalk full of important things that i really want to see! but i didn't care about any of that in that moment. i just said, "hell YES. let's do it!!!" so here i am, sitting on scott's couch, vacillating between thinking that this decision is completely irresponsible, and thinking this decision isn't so much a decision as an acceleration on an already-made plan. i've already talked to my parents several times, i talked to my boss, and i'm checking things off a list that must must MUST be taken care of. i clearly am i coming back; all i have with me is a weekend bag and i still have to deal with my car and my apartment and a myriad of other things. i think it'll be the weekend i was planning on having my bye-bye party so, for now, that plan is still in effect. until there is more news, i can just tell you that today's forecast is looking like a few teardrops, a ton of phone calls, some rest, perhaps a small panic attack and maybe some affirmation from friends in the form of "this was a good idea" comments? i don't know about that last part... you tell me.

7 comments:

Elizabeth Spann said...

Whaaa? Well, that's awesome. We miss you here as we're snowed in for day #3 (I haven't been to work ONE day yet!). Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you out! Hope to see you soon. ;)
PS, I'm super excited for you!

Jax said...

Aw! I'm super excited for you too, love! I think it's a good move. I get that internal attendance policy feeling too.. like I should be somewhere instead of somewhere else yada yada. but I say live it up, girlie! :) Jealous of your Socal experience right now b/c I'm over this cold weather! Promise to blog more-including pics-when you officially move? (say yes)

miya p. said...

insanely good idea. i think spontaneous irresponsibility is the vest that life offers! seriously, you are amazing!

Leah Billings said...

Hooray for you, lady! Glad to here you might make it back for one last horah too because, I'm not gonna lie, I got a little sad (ok, a lot) when I thought I might not get to say a proper goodbye. Cheers to spontaneity! :)

Eleise said...

I don't think you should let ANYTHING get in the way of what you and Scott have been working towards for the better part of a year now! I'm proud of your free spirit and lack of fear. Enjoy the California sun. You know I have never thought you belonged in Arkansas. You were like a Tall fish in a small pond here :) I'm excited you will get to stretch your legs.

Sarah said...

just go with it, baby doll. everything will be a-ok. you are just living life! you are young. you don't have a baby. your boss sucked anyway ... just go with it. sorry i missed this when it was posted. i've had a long work week and have been offline more than usual.

love-love.

Big Mike said...

It's official. I have updated TWICE since your last update. Unacceptable. I know that you've been busy, but daddy needs an update.