Saturday: travelling to Austin

First of all, there should be a squirrel picture here.  I don't know where it went, but I can't find it.  Maybe I just missed a date.

Second, I'm going to have to back date this post too.  Whatever.

In any case, this trip wasn't terrible, although I apparently booked this leg of the trip with a three and a half hour layover in Houston.  That wouldn't be that bad, but it was late in the evening, and IAH basically closed completely at 9pm.

What did make things a bit more unpleasant was the fact that the incoming plane had (I'm guessing) burst into flames at EWR, resulting in a new plane having to be found.  This made the flight from EWR many hours late, and so it got into MSY two hours late.  Similarly, the flight to IAH was two hours late, forcing my leg from IAH to AUS to be at least an hour late (since the plane had just taken off from MSY when we were supposed to be boarding).  Luckily, most of the people on that flight had been rebooked, so it arrived with the full passenger complement of two.  Two people.  This made the cleaning phase much quicker, so we ended up only be an hour behind schedule.

During that four and a half hour layover, this dumbass decided he needed all the attention, and began dancing like a fucking idiot in the middle of the terminal.

What made it worse is that no one else could here the music in his headphones, so he looked even crazier from a distance.

Finally, a new thing about this trip is that the new FAA rules on electronics are now in place.  This means you can effectively go from the security checkpoint through your entire trip back through security at your destination, and then home without ever having to take off your headphones and socialize with other people.  Thank you, new FAA rules on electronics.