Journal Entry 5 - American Airlines, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

This day has been absolutely, unbelievably ridiculous! Dallas has been a trip I'll never soon forget. I like the airport itself, but not the things that have happened in the past 8 hours of my stay in the Dallas airport.

I've had my flight cancelled, delayed, changed gates multiple times. Given, this was my original frlight leaving to Biloxi/Gulfport. Then, I changed my flight. I am now on my way to Atlanta. However, that didn't come without the many hurdles. The gate changed 3-4 times. The flight was also delayed twice. My tiredness is catching up with me. Sitting in the lounges waiting have been just horrible.

Turns out, the delays became so bad timing wise, that I most definitely believe I'm going to miss my Delta flight out of Atlanta toGulfport! Meaning, I'm going to have to deal with more tickets and hope no more flights get delayed. .I'm pretty much prepared for just about any travel experience I'm ever going to need for the rest of my life. It's freaking annoying me to the maximum point right now. I'm so tired,
sleepy, restless, hungry, thirsty, and every other feeling of need a human could have.

I did not realize it would take me this long to get to Mississippi! I hope by the end of this trip, all this is worth it. What I believe sucks about this experience is doing it all alone, no one to talk to. But, I'm glad that people have been calling or texting me back. Honestly, I don't know half of the things I did today!

I felt a bit happy when Jill said it's really showing and helping my character. I'm pretty sure no one else (of the site leaders) will have such a horrific experience. I hope no one else does. I hope Erica has a better time coming toBiloxi, who also is coming from California, so there's a high probability that the same can happen to her.

I don't even know, at this point, how I'm going to wake up every morning to work, do workshops, and live. I feel so tired! Traveling is fun, but now when there are so many complications.

I realized too, that the Dallas airport loads planes so slow! Everything is done at half the speed. Anyway, things are just adding to my frustration because I'm suppose tobe inBiloxi right now meeting everyone, but I'm not!

But then again, its been a lot of fun and I'm doing this all alone. It's pretty amazing how much you can learn by flying alone all over the country. I'm seriously traveling coast to coast, now thatAI'm forced to go to Atlanta!