It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Yay the Christmas season has arrived! :)

So, here's a question: Why do people have to swarm the stores right before snowstorms? (Which could be interpreted as a tongue-twister if you read it out loud...) Somehow I think people assume Y2K is happening all over again, and they have to buy all the provisions they could possibly need for a year. The fact that I went shopping on the Saturday before Christmas only added extra people to the mix of snowbirds. It's miraculous though. What - you can't wait until Monday to eat the cheese that you so wanted on your crackers?

While out on my Saturday-before-Christmas shopping trip, I also noticed the exorbitant amount of wine that people bought the day before a snowstorm. This is most likely because Christmas is coming up this week and they need their holiday brew... but still. It gave off the impression that they were going to sit at home and get a little... you know. They might get to the point where they wouldn't recognize the white stuff falling outside. "What are all these cotton balls doing outside, honey?" "Oh, I don't know - I thought it was manna or something..."

As a kid, I never understood Santa Claus. Supposedly the elves make all of the toys up at the North Pole, and Santa delivers them to all the little boys and girls on Christmas Eve. Yet I always wondered why the stores bothered to have huge sales if Santa wasn't outsourcing...

Merry Christmas everyone!

Airports

In the confusion with my flight back to school, I got moved to a Delta flight. I usually do not fly Delta, simply because US Airways usually goes through Charlotte, and Mom likes the Charlotte airport over the Atlanta airport (which is the one that Delta primarily flies through). Anyway. Long story short, I ended up on a Delta flight, which opened up a host of interesting new things.

For example, Delta has their “Breezeway” and their “General Boarding” sections when you walk up to present your boarding pass. They are divided by a rope, and make up two lines. The only difference between the two sections is that one has a clean blue carpet on it that says “Breezeway” and one does not. This carpeted section is for gold and silver members and other such first class passengers. Frankly, I’m not paying extra just so I can have a little extra cushion under my tootsies as I walk up to present my boarding pass. Not worth it. The person who thought this up in marketing needs to rethink this one, because I’m not being fooled.

Thankfully, they still offer complementary pretzels, peanuts, and even cookies if you so desire. Points earned in my book.

I can’t get on the Atlanta internet. LAME.

The Atlanta airport is huge. You know it’s bad when you’re still walking and it seems as if you haven’t moved in the past 5 minutes.

Speaking of which, this girl just walked past me at a really brisk pace – definitely on par with power walking. She was also carrying a large bottle of water. Maybe trying to incorporate her workout into her spare time? Might as well exercise in the airport.