Hotels

Okay, this may be mundane to a lot of people, but not to me since I spend most of my week in a hotel. I have found a new hotel! It's a suite, has a great bed, a sitting area with a comfortable couch, a desk and a FULL kitchen!! I can cook in this hotel room if I want to! I was very excited to find this place -- and it's located smack dab in the middle of lots of neat stores. Sam's Club, Home Depot, Bed, Bath and Beyond, HEB... You name it and it's probably around here. They served a light supper in the main office tonight and there is complimentary breakfast every morning. AND it's a good price per night. I like it.

Travel these days requires one to know the system. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of the airlines. Today my flight from Jackson to Houston couldn't land. We circled until we ran low on fuel and then they diverted us to Dallas. Once in Dallas, they were re-fueling the plane and then flying back to Houston. I had a choice, stay on the plane, fly to Houston and then catch a connecting flight to Austin OR catch a connecting flight to Austin from Dallas. There were so many people in a tizzy, talking ugly to the gate agents... It was ridiculous.

I called the airline on my cell phone while I was still on the plane and asked about the schedules out of Houston versus Austin. Ended up changing my schedule so I could take a flight to Austin from Dallas because I could get there earlier. It was a frustrating morning, but it would have been more so if I was one of those folks who stayed on the plane and went back to Houston because they didn't think they could get a flight out of Dallas.

I called the rental car place next to let them know that I would be late. The young man at the counter knows me and this week I got a free upgrade. How nice!

So, I'm thankful for the good things that happened to me today.