What? You missed your flight?!?

I haven’t written a blog post in around 3 months, since January! I’ll tell you why and it’s all because I missed a flight.

I like to write about my current events and when I got the opportunity to visit Dublin, Ireland with a friend in early January, I jumped on it.  I loved Dublin:  the walking tour, the pub crawl accompanied by musicians, the Irish pubs, Gaelic all around, the layout of the city, attending Mass, I could go on and on. The thing that I’ve learned recently about myself is that while I like to be punctual and being organized in day-to-day life, I don’t enjoy planning holidays.  I’m up for exploring but I just don’t want to make any decisions when on vacation-mode.  

The BEST used bookstore.  This was a tiny shot of the kid's section!

So when I was going to catch the bus to return to the airport, I knew I was late.  It went from “oh no” to “OH NO” by the time I missed the bus, joined the 30 minute security line-up, and then ran to the gate.  As it turns out, I missed my flight by at least 45 minutes!!

Like a postcard

I was beside myself but my voice of reason (he goes by the name of Sonny) was so calm and supportive. I ended up extending my stay by 2 days because of full flights and it was easy to book the hotel that I had just left.  Missing my flight turned out to be the BEST "worst thing" that I have done.  I was able to go on a day trip to the Cliffs of Moher and the drive was full of breathtaking sites.

The breathtaking Cliffs of Moher

Now to go back to the question as to why I have not written about this adventure sooner:  I was embarrassed and fixated on my "failure".  Thank goodness, I finally realized that it was actually an amazing chance to see more of Ireland.  You have to look for windows of opportunity instead of focussing on closed doors.  

My return flight :  )