I actually had a really good weekend. I think a lot of my positive thoughts about this weekend come from me neglecting literally everything that was expected of me besides waking up, bathing, and going to work. I did no homework until Sunday night when I really had to, which is actually really unlike me, but my excuse was that my friend was in town all weekend.
My friend from high school, Elizabeth, goes to school at Syracuse. She and I have known each other since we were in like seventh grade or something like that, but didn’t really get close until junior year of high school. I knew from the beginning that she would struggle a little with going to school in such a small and cold place, but she chose Syracuse because of their tremendous program for her major -- film. So, since last semester, she said that she was determined to make the trek from upstate New York to the bustling city of Boston this year.
A few weeks ago, we were looking at dates and trying to find a weekend that worked for both of us. Luckily, we were both available this past weekend, and for some reason, the flights were super cheap -- just under $88 round trip. The flight times were slightly less than ideal, but still not too bad, with her arriving in Boston at around 6:30am on Friday and departing from Boston around 10:30pm on Sunday. I had work everyday of the weekend, so during those times, she had to find ways of entertaining herself, which she did by going to a SoulCycle class, getting her eyebrows done, doing homework, etc. We had a ton of fun and everything was going as planned. But, at about 6:30pm on Sunday, she got a text from Expedia saying that her flight back to Syracuse had been canceled.
She and I got back to my dorm as quickly as possible so that she could use her laptop and try to fix this issue. She called JetBlue, the airline she was going to fly, and they said all flights were canceled because of an upcoming windstorm, and the earliest they could get her out is Tuesday or Wednesday. Naturally, she wasn’t happy, because she had already missed her classes last Thursday and Friday. After much deliberation and stress, she decided to take a bus from Boston to NYC, and then fly from LaGuardia to Syracuse. I had to go to the library to meet with my group for a project, but while I was gone, she frantically packed up and left because it was like 8:15 and she was trying to make an 8:30 bus. So, I didn’t get to say bye to her, and then she missed her bus. She waited at the station and then got on a 10pm bus which put her in NYC at 2:30am. She then went to LaGuardia to wait for her 7:30am flight, which got canceled, then was scheduled for another flight which got canceled as well. So, she ended up heading back to the bus station and taking a bus from NYC to Syracuse. To compensate, JetBlue gave her $40 back for her canceled flight, and all the buses together cost over $200. She actually just made it back to school in time for her afternoon classes and her morning classes were canceled. It was a fun weekend, but definitely ended pretty poorly for Elizabeth. I’m excited to see her when we’re home for the summer!
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