i didn't go to new york. stupid me didn't realize it until i was already in the airport that i didn't have the right pass to travel to la guardia on us airways! i tried to 'work' it with some passes to go to LA but the agent wouldn't let me do it. i then walked down to midwest express and they had a flight with a connection to la guardia via milwaukee. it wouldn't have gotten me there until after 10:00 pm. no thanks. i wasn't THAT pressed to get to new york. i should have woken up eariler and gotten my act together. other airlines work differently. in jetblue's case -- since we're totally electronic, we can essentially rebook anything because in the long run -- it's still a non-revenue travel pass. oh well. i could've simply flown on us to ft. lauderdale and then up to jfk, but it was too much trouble to wake up that early and go all the way to to dulles. :-)

i didn't do anything today except finish up a couple loads of laundry (that still need to be folded) and sleep and watch tv when i got back from my unsucessful trek to the airport. i think i just needed to veg. out for a bit ya know? i took the train to the airport in vain but the one thing to note today was that the metro had these special 'themed' rail cars decorated with christmas stuff. in the particular car i was in -- it had a full on christmas tree with presents; a snowman, and a boat with xmas lights on it in place of a sail ... all in places where you'd normally see seats and benches. all of the ads were covered up and the had some faux painted snow and garland all over the place. it was quite festive. i took some pictures and it was just cool and unexpected to see on a subway car. it was also nice to see the amusement of some of the riders today as well. kinda brought my spirits up if just for a fleeting moment.

oh yeah -- last thing ... my boss is the coolest guy around. he let me borrow his own car for the past month! in the meantime he's been driving his dad's lincoln town car. it's basically a TANK and i think he simply couldn't take the crazy gas cosumption. he basically told me to trade it out NOW! he's right -- but i'm still gratefull he's letting me use the car while i'm still in town. ahh - january 15th ... tampa ... if it could only be sooner.