Ok as I sit here in the airport waiting for my delayed flight home (of course) I figured it was a good time to write a blog post. Now this blog post will probably make you think I’m an idiot, unlucky and a girly girl….. and some of that may be right. But as I told Travis…..if everything that can go wrong….did….then at least I got it all out of the way at once. Lightening can’t strike twice right?
So, I thought I’d share with you a quick run down of my insane, crazy, you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me trip to Chicago. I will do this is list format so you can really see the insanity of it all.
1. Threw away my drivers license.
Yes, yes…..you read that right. It got thrown away. Accidentally. Of course, I’m sure there isn’t any other way someone could throw away their only form of identification than by accident? So due to a (stupid) random check at the gate of my flight I had to pull out my ID for TSA. However, I didn’t have an immediate place to put it (no pockets) so I shoved in my Starbucks bag with my breakfast. I’m sure you can see where this is going…….
Needless to say the bag got thrown away on the plane and I didn’t discover it missing until I got to the hotel. Luckily my wonderful, patient, husband didn’t get too annoyed with me and fedex-ed me my passport. Thanks honey!
2. Hello rain…you were supposed to stay in Miami.
So if you don’t know I do my boudoir sessions natural light and choose my hotel suites based number and size of the windows. This is all well and good until the skies open up like a flood and the sky turns as dark as 8pm……at 11am. So we waited them out….which meant a long day on Saturday. Still fun and rewarding….but geez rain…do you gotta follow me around?
3. Files missing??? WTF!
Oh yes this happens to the best of us. But Monday night toward the end of the second 3.5 hour train ride back to Chicago from my parent’s house I discovered files missing from a recent session on both my main and backup drives. However, do not panic. I have excellent systems as was able to recover them all…… after having to stay up until 2am to retrieve them. Argh. (BTW, at this point I’ve skipped the went out and drank too much story. You’ve all heard that one before.)
4. Well since I don’t have my ID might as well get rid of the rest of the wallet.
Yes, my dear internet friends my wallet went missing. I know it went missing on the Red Line but I’m not sure if it was stolen or just fell out of my bag. Either way….. its gone. (It just keeps getting better right!)
5. Hello again, rain. We meet again. I don’t like you very much.
Yep…rain …… again. Lots and lots and lots of rain. And I had a very fun engagement session planned. Now, normally, in Miami….we just reschedule for a different day. But when you fly 1500 miles for it…..uh no. So instead we just shot whenever the rain let up. Which turned a 1.5-2 hour engagement session….into a 6 hour engagement session. I think I need a nap.
6. I do not like big bugs (and they don’t like me).
Fast forward to today….or yesterday since you are reading this on Thursday. I wake up freaking’ early (especially after being soooo tired) to pack and catch my flight. But someone just HAS to slow me down. And that someone is a FREAKING, CRAZY-ASS, HUMONGOUS, UGLY ROACH- LOOKING BUG just staring at me from my makeup bag! I think I had a mini heart attack right there.
For about 10 minutes I contemplated how I could take care of this problem myself. I tried to think it away…..however it didn’t move. I tried staring back ….but he won. Finally I realized that there was NO WAY I was getting that to go away myself….and I called the front desk. (Yes I can hear you laughing at me right now…and you know what….you would have reacted exactly the same way. I know it and you know it. )
7. Of course the flight is delayed….HOURS! Because that is the only way a trip like this can end.
And so….due to a “should-have-expected-it” flight delay….I am sitting here telling you all about my trip. Am I embarrassed? Kinda. But hey, might as well give you a laugh right?
Besides….through all of that I still came away with some kick-ass images. Check out this sneak peak from that engagement session I told you about. Yes, the dog is engaged too….I think he deserves a diamond. I mean he’s part of this new family….right? Do you hear that Jeff? Cash deserves a diamond (he told me he’d be ok with one in his collar because rings tend to get dirty when he digs in the sand.)
Ok, go ahead, let me have it. Laugh at me, tell me I’m an idiot, or be honest and tell me the EXACT SAME THING happened to you. 
What do you think of my story?
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