#TBT

#ThrowBackThursday to when I almost missed my plane flight.

I had a 2 hour flight from Indianapolis to Atlanta followed by a 14 hour flight to Korea. Knowing I had a very long travel ahead of me, I stayed awake the whole night hoping I would pass out for the duration of the flight. That definitely did not happen. I think I went mentally insane on the plane to Korea. Anyway, I blame the following story on lack of sleep.

My father flew to Atlanta with me to ensure I wouldn't miss my international flight. We weren't at all worried about catching our domestic flight. We should have been. Around 4:30 AM, we left for Indianapolis to catch our 6:30 AM plane. My dad dropped me off and went to park the car. Meanwhile, I checked us in and bought McDonald's breakfast for us. Shortly after finishing our food, we got in line to go through security. This was definitely the longest security line I can recall seeing at the Indianapolis airport. Surely I can place some blame on that as well.

I also think we misunderstood our flight time. Perhaps our flight departed at 6:30 and we were to begin the boarding process at 6:00. As I was taking off my shoes to go through security, a lady on the loudspeaker announced, "Garcia party of 2, please make your way to the gate. The doors are closing in two minutes."

Surely you can imagine our panic. My dad threw his shoes on and told me he was going to run for it. A slightly larger wave of terror came over me as I was putting my Mac into my backpack and I heard, "Ms. Garcia you have 30 seconds before the doors close and you forfeit your ticket."

I sprinted. I don't think I've ever moved so fast in my entire life. Seriously. I was "that crazy person" late for a flight. You know, the one pushing people out of the way with their shoes half on and bag half zipped. Of course, the gate I needed to get to was the furthest one.

As you all probably could have guessed, I made it to the gate just in time. I was the very last person on that plane. I'm also fairly confident I was the only person completely out of breath and sweaty.. What a great way to start a 21 hour journey.