‘Early’ doesn’t begin to describe this morning
As I type this, Gina is winging her way to Florida.
Her flight left Austin just about an hour ago. 6AM doesn’t seem like too bad a time to fly out, right?
The thing is though, the airport is like 45 minutes (the way I drive, closer to 30 the when Gina drives). Factor in that you are supposed to be there an hour before your flight, means that Gina was supposed to be there at 5AM.
She was there at about 5:10AM, she says you really only need to be there 40 minutes before your flight. So I guess she made it with a few minutes to spare, after you figure the line for check-in, etc.
Of course, one should not just roll out of bed and into the car. Figure another hour to get all cleaned up and what not.
That means that my today started at about 4:00, give or take a few minutes. (Though, the alarm went off at 3:30AM.)
After dropping Gina off at the airport, I needed to get some breakfast and caffeine. I wanted to hit up HEB, get a donut, maybe some fruit. No such luck, the HEB in the arboretum doesn’t appear to open again until 8am. It certainly isn’t open at 5:30AM or whatever time it was when I pulled into the parking lot.
The Randall’s across the street was also closed. Luckily though the Starbucks attached to the Randall’s opens at 5:30. I grabbed a Venti Soy Mocha at 140 (degrees) and an apple fritter and headed to the office.
After catching up on some email, I figured I would write a quick post. I have to admit, I am finding it hard to concentrate, I am hoping that doesn’t last all day. I’m fairly certain a bit more caffeine will help with that.
I am going to try and finish up a blog post I started the other day.
Laterz.