I checked my bag, and made it to the gate. I feel discombobulated. I have no pockets on me, so threes no handy place to put my phone, passport, global entry card.
My backpack is heavy, and my scarf, water bottle, and other items attached by d-clips are flying around all over the place.
Who knows if I've packed appropriately. I feel like I've already failed. I'm sure I packed too much, but i did leave some space.
My connecting flight out of LAX is delayed 2 hours already, leaving after midnight PST so I will have a 10 hour layover in LA. I plan to walk around and get some real food. Also there will be several people who are going to the conference on the same flight, so I will start to make some new friends.
After my last international flight to Portugal, I think I have some PTSD. It was a serious of canceled flights, rescheduling flights at layovers, having to get my checked baggage and recheck it 2 times, hours at customs, missing a flight, rebooking... and barely arriving in time.
So far everything is going great, besides my nerves. 🤩Læs mere