I have no idea what my word count is right now. All I know is that I wrote a scene last night.
The person who booked my flight booked it for eight hours after the conference was over. So I’m sitting in an airport right now with my flight hours away.
I won an onion sculpture at the conference (donated by an onion farm). I had a little trouble at the airport. They had to pull me and my backpack aside where they proceeded to test it for SOMETHING, then they pulled out the sculpture and had to do further X-rays. I was very calm, didn’t get upset, and the TSA agent then told me how awesome she thought the sculpture was. The best thing to do in these situations is try not to get upset. Things will usually go better.
I’ve had my own problems with the TSA, similar to yours, and I agree completely… getting upset will only make matters worse.
Hopefully you can post a picture of your unique award when you arrive back home! Enjoy your flight!
Even the guy beside me who was being patted down was staying calm. It does no good to get upset.
I’ll have to take a pic of that onion. It has a face. LOL
Were they searching for any illegal ‘allium narcoticus’ specimens hidden inside? Tee hee. Those psychedelic onions put a lot of people in the pokey.
LOL, Michelle. Yeah, I was going to get high on that onion. Hee hee.
I no longer enjoy flying because I don’t like the airports. I like my Patience Quotient is much lower than yours. You are wise.
Great job writing the scene! Good progress. Have a wonderful ROW80!
I don’t really like the airports, either, but I’m pretty patient. I don’t get bent out of shape over much. Yeah, I know, I’m not the typical writer. Hahahahaha.
Oh my gosh, I’d probably be freaking out inside. You really kept your cool.
Get back safe!
I usually keep my cool. Even with the turbulence we experienced on the way home…unlike another lady on the plane that freaked out. LOL.
I’m home, safe and sound! 🙂
Getting upset makes it worse. If it makes you feel better, every time I go to the airport I have to remove my shoes, have them run that handheld metal detector thingy around me, look through my carry-on (usually my laptop), and check to make sure my underwire bra is actually an underwire bra. I must look so intimidating, especially the one time I looked like one of those fricken nun ladies before they take their vows. White shirt and black dress. LOL
They must have it in for you, Stephannie. LOL. I’ve never had any problems with my underwire, which is kind of surprising. I guess they see a lot of those go through. I always take off my shoes, take out my laptop and my iPad.
So you looked like a…pre-nun. 🙂
They must have. I flew 8 times in about 2 years and every time they stopped me. Even when that guy that looked like the spy dude, Boris from that Bullwinkle show went through. I was so use to it by the third time that I could have walked them through the process.
They must have thought I was a terrorist with my braided hair, black jumper dress, white button down blouse, and shoes my grandmother tells me look like something her mother would wear (lace-up boots). I looked the the pre-nun from Sister Act without the wimple. LOL
Oh you poor thing, but well done for staying calm. I hate flying for that reason.
I often set the metal detector off and go through the humiliation of being patted down. I think I must have an alien tracking device embedded in my skin like Scully from The X-Files 🙂
I’ve always worried I would be detained for some reason. I’m just glad it was my bag and not me. I don’t know if I could stay quite as calm through a pat down. My boss said he got searched once because he had been walking around in the fertilizer and had nitrates on the bottom of his shoes.
How fun that you got an onion sculpture. 😀
You handled it very well with the TSA. I haven’t been on a flight for years, so I don’t know what it’s like in an airport to get to the planes. I admire your ability to take it all in stride.
The look on my husband’s face when he saw the sculpture made me realize I needed to hang it up in my office at work. LOL
The whole process of screening is an aggravation because you have to take your shoes off, you have to take your laptop out of your bag, etc. But if it helps keep us safe, I really can’t complain.