20050428 Leaving NY

Sitting on the floor of JFK right now, waiting for another flight to LA, meant to be already in the air 30 minutes. Went to the Woodbury Commons retail place today, took an hour to get there and $37, has every designer you can think of, but the stock is just not wide enough. For me it’s no good cos it’s all catered to the average guy (wide and/or short people), so got nothing, apart from a pair of sunglasses.
My flight to LA was scheduled for 6pm, it’s 1.20pm me leaving the park, giving me a little under 3 hours to get back into the city to the hotel, pick up my bag, catch 2 subways and a train and check-in at the airport. Somehow got there for 4.30pm, was 5pm checking-in but no problem. Got through the security, hung about until the boarding que shortened, got to the ticket checker girlie, and goes you gotta get another security check, cos there’s an S symbol on my ticket, morons. It’s now 5.50pm, headed back down and got one of those ridiculously rigorous checks you hear about, had some problem explaining what the bag of protein powder was, had to remove shoes and everything. Finally they let me go and I run to the gate but alas the gates closed and she’s asking me why the check took so long. So now she’s set me up for the 7pm so I gotta just wait, but I don’t mind so much cos I’m still enjoying this part of the journey as well. I’m in NY!