Despite having severely injured her ankle at my company's holiday party the previous week, Meredith insisted her ankle was fine, and elected to leave her crutches at our place and packed super-light with just one bag.
...gets a THUMBS DOWN from Meredith (he said meta-ironically through a poorly framed and out-of-focus digital picture he'd carelessly shot from the hip).
Fifteen hours on a bus? Fuck that. I decided to just head to the airport, put myself on the standby list for three flights. I told myself that if I couldn't catch a break, it was probably better to make plans to travel somewhere else than spend 15 hours on a bus. Ugh.
...I barely had time to wander around the terminal (which is really beautiful, by the way - check out the curved-mosaic dome! It's like being inside a giant mushroom!)...
Air travel makes no sense. When I first had my "Aha!" moment to go to Egypt, I looked up direct flights from NYC to Cairo and was like "Oh no, it's like $2,000" (which was way more than I wanted to spend). So then I was like, "Well, for shit's and giggles, let me see if there are any cheaper indirect fares." The first search result said I could fly to Egypt from NYC roundtrip for under $1,000 as long as I was willing to go an extra EIGHT HOURS out of the way through Abu Dhabi BOTH TIMES
But since Faisal lives in Abu Dhabi, I figured it was like Etihad Airlines PAYING me $1,000 to visit a friend! So thanks for that Etihad! Woooo!
