Jealousy and Smelly People

Happily on my way to LA for the NORRA party celebrating the Mexican 1000 event. It’s been one of those trips. Thanks to wonderful Aunt Joy I am flying stand-by, and of course when you fly stand-by you have to make some sacrifices. For my best chance at a seat I had to start trying to leave Denver at 6am this morning. Since we live 3+ hours from the airport I decided to get to the airport last night. I arrived at the Denver airport around 10pm last night, watched Dexter for awhile and then slept on the floor at my gate for about an hour. I woke up at 4am and have been kind of roaming around ever since.

I did make the first flight out of Denver, but flights were cancelled in Salt Lake City (my connection) and I may be stuck here for awhile. I was the 35th person waiting to get on the flight that just left, 34 people made it. I’m now the 8th person waiting for 4 seats. After this flight, the rest of the flights for the day are overbooked and I may be spending another night sleeping on the floor in the airport. Not a lot of fun, but I just couldn’t swing the cost of a ticket to get to the party, so this is my best shot. But I’d rather be sleeping on the floor at the gate than stuck behind smelly people in a plane. Why do so many people get on their flights without showering recently? And why am I always behind them?? Of course, the universe is listening and now I’m sure to have to spend a second night sleeping in the airport, making ME one of those smelly people! Sigh. It figures!

Before leaving yesterday I had a great chat with my friend and future Team Courage driver, Betsy. She was giving me the scoop on the adventures from last weekend’s Baja 500 race. She told me that our friend and Baja legend Larry Roeseler offered her a ride in their pre-runner trophy truck (which, as you may know, I have a huge thing for trophy trucks). She wasn’t able to accept the offer at the time, but today I promptly sent Larry a text message letting him know he broke my fragile heart. It’s all fun and games, I will love Larry and Betsy no matter what, but still! I hope to see them both this weekend at the party, and plan on giving them plenty of greif. One day I’ll get inside a trophy truck!

So, that’s all I’ve got at the moment. They are starting to board the next flight, so I should go and pay attention. Wish me luck, and I’ll update you soon!

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