JAM!

at the staff meeting today, we were given a pleasant surprise--the announcement that we have not only next thursday and friday off for thanksgiving, but also wednesday--five day holiday weekend! so, naturally, i got back to my desk and called my good friends at southwest to see if i could bump my wednesday night flight to wednesday morning. now i will be arriving in the winter wonderland that is albany around 9:30 a.m. on wednesday--which gives me most of wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and part of sunday to relax and enjoy new england.

the only difficulty i'm encountering: metro doesn't start operating til 5:30 a.m. if my flight leaves BWI at 8 a.m., i need to be there by at least 7 (especially considering the holiday rush--good lord, i always used to feel so bad for the suckers who had to fly around the holidays--and now here i am...), which means i might have to think about getting one of those super shuttle things to make sure i get to the airport on time...but that's ok, because i an extra day off!!! whoo hoo!