Wow, life has been so crazy the past month. I’m not even going to try to catch everyone up on the on-going insanity. But I do want to tell you about this past weekend. It’s a good example of what life’s been like lately. I went to a three day church-related conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference itself was really good … but everything else was a comedy of errors … pretty much whatever could go wrong, did go wrong.
The plane going to Atlanta was delayed 2 1/2 hours because of severe weather in Atlanta that closed the airport. We had to detour to Birmingham, Alabama to refuel because we were running low on fuel as we circled Atlanta.
Because we were so late getting into Atlanta, I missed dinner and the opening ceremonies for the conference.
The next morning when I went to check in for the conference, they didn’t have any record of me being signed up! LOL! But they decided that since I’d flown all the way from Seattle to Atlanta, they’d let me attend the workshops for free (but I wasn’t able to eat any of the conference meals or attend the dinner sessions). Consequently, I ate every meal for three days out of the snack bar at the hotel … cold sandwiches, yogurt, chips, small salads … I was starving for a hot meal that I could sink my fork into! lol
On Friday afternoon, I found a note under the door of my room saying that the credit card I’d used when I checked in wasn’t approved (this was the church’;s credit card). When I went to the front desk, she told me that it just hadn’t scanned properly and there wasn’t really a problem … they just needed to re-scan it. So all was well.
Or so we thought. 
On Saturday evening when I came back from the closing ceremonies and celebration at Centennial Olympic Park, I was hot, sticky and absolutely exhausted. All I wanted to do was eat a small tub of ice cream in my room with my feet up on the bed, watch some brainless television, and sleep.
So I bought my ice cream, headed to my room … and then found that the key card wouldn’t open the door!
So back to the front desk to find out that they’d locked me out because the church credit card wasn’t approved! :-O
I didn’t have enough money in my checking account to put the hotel bill on my debit card, so then began a series of really crazy, stupid events (I’ll spare you the details) trying to find someone home in Auburn who had access to a Fax machine and a church credit card on a Saturday evening … LOL!
And if that wasn’t bad enough, the guy at the front desk kept messing up with my key card so I had to go up and down the elevator (11 floors!) at least six times before I FINALLY was able to get back in my room! I ate my ice cream standing in the hallway outside my room waiting for security to come let me in.
So much for my nice relaxing evening of ice cream in my room … it was so crazy!
I was so glad to get back home on Sunday. The flight home was uneventful. Thank goodness!
I haven’t heard yet what was wrong with the credit card (my pastor ended up having to use his card to pay for my hotel bill … I think he has a fax at home so he hopefully didn’t have to run down to the church office to take care of it on his day off).
Anyway, I spent yesterday sitting around the house feeling glazed over. Just basically got myself caught up on laundry and sleep. Funny how easily jet lag can set in, even from just a short trip. And especially with all the craziness of this trip. lol
So … now you’ve gotten a peek into what my life has been like lately. This trip to Atlanta was just pretty representative of how everything else has been going the past month or so. So is my life turning into “A Comedy of Errors” or more of “A Series of Unfortunate Events”? lol
Hoping to stay in touch better in the future …
It really does sound like A Series of Unfortunate Events! I’m so sorry. I know you’re just really happy to be home!
Oh no! What a fiasco! Instead of feeling energized and renewed from the conference, you are feeling jet lagged. But, at least you are able to laugh about it. It does make coming home feel so good!