morning of the 9th...flight is scheduled for 11:25..therefore need to be at airport at approximately 9:30am...wake up after a late night eating one last american meal at Dennys...see time on clock reading 9:48am...think am hallucinating..walk downstairs to kitchen and more reliable time-telling devices...confirm original time and panic....have not finished packing nor clearly at airport as should be!!
ring airlines whilst frantically trying to pack all remaining belongings into bags...finally manage to get person on onther end of telephone who informs me i should be fine get here asap...drive 15mins to LAX...spend some time finding parking...have no change to buy trolley so lug large bags some distance into terminal building...realise i am quite rediculously late...and manage to scam way to front of check in line...try to check self in only to find that my United 8453 flight is actually not run by united at all but instead Air Canada *logical huh* hence correct terminal is in fact one across other side of airport...clinging to hopes of still making flight (the only direct one all day) make way across LAX picking up abandoned trollys along the way...finally reach correct check in desk at 11:15...well and truly missed the flight:)
reassigned new flight stopping over in Calgary for 2hrs making a 3hr 40min direct flight into an 8hr something total travel time....YAY!
However in the end it was not all bad as immigration took so freaking long that i only had about a 30min wait to forage for food...*which i had no time in LA to get* and try to buy some duty free...just m luck the store was closed...as time change meant it was after 5...
finally arrive in Edmonton at 8something pm...yay yay yay...to be meet by Ashley (friend whom i met in NZ 5yrs ago)...
you hafto love travelling....