Comic-Con Day 4: Plane trouble

I hit the hay after a good dinner with the team. I was leaving, but they had one more day left of the show. I felt for them, these shows can be rough. fell asleep around two or so, but had to get up at 5:30AM to hit the airport. Good thing I did, too, because the airplane I was on never took off.

There must have been all sorts of problems with the airline, because the line for security was about ten times longer than I’d ever seen one, anywhere. Lovely. A parting gift from the super powerful Comic-Con, no doubt.

Two hours later, I get to my gate to find my plane waiting for me. Sweet! Of course, mechanical problems—the brakes weren’t working right—stopped it from going anywhere. The lovely lady at the counter got me another flight, ensuring that I’d get home with just a ninety-minute longer flight.

I planned on coming home, hitting the mall to find my son some birthday presents, and having fun with the family. He’s turning eight. I actually remember announcing his birth on the Internet like a press release while I was at Interplay. Too funny, I dug this up today.

Alas, I got to Phoenix and the travel gods were not smiling upon me. Nearly four more hours of waiting, this time the steering on the plane was wonky and the pilot complained that the “nose wheel felt mushy.” Waiting like that on three-plus hours of sleep sucked, especially since my laptop had already died and there were thousands of irritated travelers competing for the one outlet in the wall. The situation stayed sucky for a while.

I got home at 9:30PM instead of 1PM. But, Peter got MechAssault and Star Wars Clone Wars for Xbox if I remember them both right.

Even half asleep I could process that you can get a whole lot more value out of Dungeon Runners than I got for my own flesh and blood. Those games set daddy back like $12 at my local GameStop. You can buy unlimited DR goodness for $5. Did I mention I’m looking for eighty volunteers so I don’t get lynched?

This trip was over. Believe me, this Comic-Con was a TRIP.