Is this working? (Melbourne edition)
Why can’t I post from my phone?
Later…So after typing a whole post in the departure lounge at Adl airport on my tiny tiny phone keypad in Opera mini, and trying to save it about 20 times and trying to publish it about 20 times and nothing happening, the above was what I actually managed to post in desperation just as my row was being called to board.The gist of the now-forever-gone-into-the-phonoshpere post was that I was nipping over (here) to Melbourne for a few days to attend my brother’s 40th celebrations. I made a joke about the fact that the party was in Melbourne while he lives in Modbury (très rigole, non?) but I’ll never be able to recapture the magic now.
It’s funny how travel helps you mark time in your life. Being at the airport reminded me of the last time I was at the airport, then I got to thinking of all the variations on ‘The last time I…’
- When was the last time I was at the airport
- When was the last time I was at the airport to meet someone (because my last time (see above) was for a photo shoot).
- When was the last time I was at the airport to catch a plane?
- When was the last time I was at the airport to catch a plane by myself?
- When was the last time I caught a flight to Melbourne?
- When was the last time I caught a flight to Melbourne and actually ended up going to Melbourne?
The possibilities are endless.
But I must say that having spent a good deal of my 20-somethingityness coming and going from all sorts of airports, rail stations and bus termini, I’m not half bad at it by now. I had everything timed to perfection. The J1 passes right outside my work building. I was there waiting for it five minutes early. It dropped us at the airport and I was straight into the check-in line. I had no luggage to check in, so that was a breeze. I got through the X-rays and had 20 minutes to kill before I had to be at the departure gate and I thought “Shit, I’m good at this.”
Cos, I am.
