I had a morning flight from hometown to current town this morning.  I had a few realizations while waiting:

1) I like living in a smaller city.  I can get to the airport 1 hour before departure, and still have time to relax before boarding.  Today, in big-city-hometown airport, I got there 1 hour and 45 minutes before departure, and proceeded to stand in a very long check-in line (thanks to liquid limitations, I can't go carry-on only), then a long security line, then a long Starbucks line, and boarded my plane without much time to catch my breath.  Ugh.

2) I am a trash talker at heart.  This morning, there were several people in Red Sox gear at the airport, kids and adults alike.  Last night, my hometown team (whom I've admittedly NOT followed for 5 years now) beat them in 10 innings.  I wanted to taunt the Bosox fans for this outcome.  Why?  Don't know.  But I had to exert extreme amounts of willpower to refrain.

3) SWA needs to hire some workers who know their alphabet.  When I checked in, the guy helping me told me I was in gate A5.  The screen had said B5, so I questioned it, and he double-checked, and reassured me it was, in fact, A5.  I walk to A5, and lo and behold, NOT my gate.  It was... B5.  I was annoyed (see point 1).

4) Pre-coffee, on 5 hours of sleep, = I felt angry all morning.  I was mildly amused at this, but didn't care enough to change. I think I scowled the entire time I was waiting in all these lines.  I like to think I'm a morning person, but days like today make me question that.  I felt a lot like the Mandy Moore character in Saved! when she says "I am full of the love of Christ" then chucks a Bible at a girl. 

5) Arriving back to my current city made me realize that I really like it here, despite its 100-degree Augusts.  Feels like home.  (I think that's an album, isn't it?)

6) I love my family.  I love and adore my nieces.  They are instant pick-me-ups. 

7) My alma mater was just named a Hottest school by MSNBC, for its outdoors options.  Unfortunately, getting a solid liberal arts education was not a part of that... Hmm.  Check out the rest of the list yourself.

Okay, so this was officially my Europe travel blog, but I am thinking I might post occassionally about things in life that I find exceedingly funny.  Depending on how well you know me, you may already know that this might extend to more things than it would for a typical person.  What can you do.