Airport Post from Thursday

I’m sitting at the airport during my layover writing this post. I probably won’t actually be able to post it until later since in the Atlanta airport you have to pay for internet unless you want to go to one of their sites that is free which does not include gmail, blogger, or facebook. Whomp, whomp.

I have to confess I got TOTALLY freaked out when I got to the Richmond Airport this morning and I was waiting to go through security (YES, it was THAT early in the morning that security wasn’t even OPEN!?!).  First of all, there was a huge Code Orange sign saying there was High Risk for terrorist attacks when I walked in.  Then, I sit down to wait for security to open and the man across from me is not an American and he has headphones in and he’s TALKING to his ipod/phone?? It was just sketchy the way he was whispering and laughing and looking at people. Well, turns out he was probably talking to one of his buddies and it sounded like it was about a girl. I felt like a jerk when I realized he was clearly not a terrorist and was just an innocent (maybe?) 20 something guy talking about a girl.

I LOVEEE people watching! And the airport is obviously a great place to do that. I find myself looking at these folks wondering why are they all in Atlanta. Where is their connecting flight? Are they going somewhere tropical because he’s wearing shorts and Sperry’s? She looks miserable—is she traveling because there was a death in the family or is she just mad at her husband who seems totally oblivious to that scowl? Why is this woman traveling with 3 small kids? Where is her husband? Why is he wearing a suit? What kind of job does he have that flies him on planes in a suit? 

People are SO interesting to me. Hence, my choice of major in college (Human Development) and my career choice.

Now if I only I knew what all of these people were REALLYYYY doing here!

Happy Thursday Folks!!

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