Sometimes I love airports and other times I wonder why I even bother. Do I really need to leave the country? So far today has been one of the worse days. I'm tired already since I stayed up all night and even though I've been all over the world I've never actually flown alone. On top of that it just hit me at airport security that I'm not gonna see my family for a year. Let me tell you I'm disgusted with myself. Stop crying Anna stop it!
When me and my mom got to the airport we parked in the international short term parking but of course all continental flights fly out of domestic so we had to walk a ways to get there. We also managed to get to the line in the middle of a rush of people because it was not long before the 6am flight and so of course all the last minute people were only just getting there.
When I finally get up to the kiosk to get my boarding pass I get hit with a $50 fee for my second suitcase. Though I was expecting it, it still sucks. Then the machine asks me if any of my bags are over 50 pounds and I confidently hit no since I weighed them earlier when I was mostly done packing and they were at about 30 pounds each. So of course both my bags are over 50 pounds with my first being at about 52 and my second at about 57.
The guy ignores the first bag but he stops at the second one and says that since its over 50 pounds I would get charged with a $200 fine! $200!!!!! Holy #$%^! So of course we asked right away if we could move stuff around but since my other suitcase is at 52 I can't put anything in there which leaves me with my carry on.
I pulled out a pair of shoes and asked the guy to check again to see if it was light enough yet. The display came up at 55 and I'm thinking shoot I'm gonna need to pull out more stuff but they guy asked if I was going to school. I answered with a kind of since I'll be working but technically I'll be taking a class online too so I'm kind of going to school. Either way the guy decides to let me through without the $200 fine and having only lost one pair of shoes.
That was a huge relief! I'm still kind of shaking. Luckily since my mom was there she just took the shoes home but man that scared me!
At this point my first flight is just starting to board so I'm logging off! Til the next airport!
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