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Arrived in Washington, minus luggage

I’m tired, very tired. Tomorrow is my appointment at NIH. God, I just want it over with. This week has been a tough week as I was trying to get things done for work so that I could be gone. I worked most of Sunday, and worked until about 10:00 pm Monday and Tuesday. Then I got up early this morning and worked until right before time for me to leave.

The taxi came a bit early so I got to the airport early. That meant I got an earlier flight. Unfortunately, my suitcase didn’t make it. I was told not to worry, it’s on the next flight and we’ll bring it to you. It’s now time for bed and no bag, no phone call, no one answering either of the local numbers for the airline, or the national baggage claim number. I’m tired. I want to go to bed. I want to put clean clothes on. I’m cranky. It’s my first bad experience on Midwest Express. And they were trying to he helpful, so it’s ironic.

It probably doesn’t help that I always get anxious before these tests. I’m looking forward to having the whole thing over with, and hopefully having some resolution. Was the 69 really wrong? How am I doing exactly?

The great part about getting in early, however, was I got to see several of my HPS friends – Julie, Matt, Kristie and of course Ryan! We had a great dinner of yummy Thai food, but I managed to drip a bit of curry on myself. Another reason I’d like to have my bag back.

Sorry Kevin, too tired to write The Kevin Report.
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