I had recently been broken up with and was suffering bad about it. I had also been dog sitting for my parents which meant I had to wake up at 3 am to take care of their dogs and get to work by 5:30, but the pets were so distressed that my parents were gone that they had been keeping me up all night, so I hadn’t had more than 5 hours of sleep for the last 4 days.
My friend drove me to the airport where i met with my cousins and aunts who I hadn’t seen since I was a child because of family feud issues. They were all so bubbly and kept talking about all the things I had loved as a kid, and talking about me as if I were still 5 years old. Our plane was originally delayed by an hour, but it ended up being delayed by 6 hours. All I wanted to do was read my book and maybe rest my eyes, but everytime I put in both earbuds, someone tried to talk to me. So I’d sit and wait with only one earbud in; no one would talk to me. The SECOND I put the second earbud in, they would say something to me. They even pulled out my ear bud at one point. If that wasn’t bad enough, one of my cousins (who is a middle aged woman) threw a piece of licorice at me to get my attention. All during this, they are taking turns to go up and loudly complain to the person standing at the desk of our gate about the delays as if they have any control over plane maintenance. I finished my book way too soon and had to sit with them for another couple of hours before we even took off.
Longest delay I’ve ever had, and worst experience ever. By the time we all got to Idaho, and I saw my sisters, I broke down crying about how exhausted I was.