Get over it

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday :) I got a nice little visit from the stomach flu for a few days leading up to Christmas...it was delightful and just awesome timing. This caused me to unfortunately miss out on some holiday festivities...but I  was very grateful that I felt better for Christmas. Yesterday I woke up bright & early to head to sunny skies, warm weather, and the beautiful view of the ocean....and to see two of my most favorite people, my brother and sister-in law.  It wasn't one of my top travelling experiences..... Immediately upon arriving at the airport (an hour prior to my flight), I knew I was going to miss my flight. Never have I ever seen the airport filled with more people and chaos than this moment when I entered my check-in terminal. It was pure CRAZINESS.  It took me a solid five minutes to even find a line to join as the enormous mass of people made it nearly impossible to have defined lines. After a lot of confusion, I found out from an airport employee that the fire alarm had gone off and the entire terminal had to evacuate. And apparently, everyone had just re-entered the airport as soon as I decided to arrive for check-in....beautiful timing. I proceeded to wait in line for about 45 minutes....just to check my baggage in. I witnessed many disgruntled travelers, confrontations over "line-cutting," and  tapped out children in (or rather, trying to break free of) strollers. Well, I do think considering the situation I remained rather calm, however  I will admit I lost my patience a few times because as I soon found out, I had chosen the SLOWEST LINE IN THE WORLD. You know those people that just have to complain and prove their point to the check- in desk, or those who oops went over the 50 lb limit and now have to mathematically compute exactly what belongings to remove in order to drop the weight......yeah, they were ALL in my line. After what appeared to be a complete prank on me (I was looking around for that hidden camera), it was finally my turn. "I'm sorry, you have missed the half hour check-in time so we cannot accept your bag"......seriously?! They kindly directed me to the booking counter as I now needed to re-book my flight. As I am waiting in about the fourth line of the morning, I got in a quick interview on the news (of course I accepted their request to interview me, and let me just add I felt quite comfortable in front of the camera, just sayin) and also witnessed a golden retriever break through his travelling crate and proceed to do laps around the airport. This was actually quite amusing, as several airport employees chased after him and had several failed attempts at catching him. After luckily catching the next stand-by flight to Tampa, I am finally in the sunshine state. The events of this past week have truly revealed what it means to just GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON.  Things come up that can be quite annoying....but considering the big picture, the small stuff is truly not worth sweating over. I plan to really work on going with the F L O W as that can really make your life a lot easier. I am off to spend time with fam and can't wait to share picutres of all the beautifulness I take in here! xo