Never a Dull Moment

Things to do at JFK during your 13-hour wait for a flight:

1. Revel in the fact that there is no college football on. Nor do you see anyone wearing college gear except from schools like NYU and the Carnegie Mellon School of Engineering.
   
2. Try to guess the native countries of fellow passengers by eavesdropping on snips of their native languages.
   
3. Count the passengers that would freak out the TSA at BNA and then give up. It would mean practically everyone except you and H.
4. Look! A yarmulke! When was the last time that you saw one of those? Reflect.
5. Try not to get sad about the exotic places that you're NOT going. San Francisco, Athens, Milan, Pittsburgh...
6. Determine whether or not the Ladies' Room is suitable for a quick sponge bath in a pinch. Updated answer: absolutely not.
   
7. Where are all of the flight attendants? Normally, you see them in droves. They're all hiding. Updated answer: the flight attendant on our trip to BNA confirmed this.
   
8. Look for foreign aircraft, or make it up that you saw exotic ones while H was taking a walk. Watch him get irritated. Feel guilty for teasing him.
9. Search everywhere for a socket so that you can recharge the phone/ipod/Nintendo/whatever died during the last 13 hours. Give up. There is only one socket in the entire terminal, and it's being used by someone wearing a yarmulke. See #4.
   
10. Feel momentarily depressed that you've been in the airport longer than the barista at Starbuck's. Cheer up when you realize that you could BE a barista. Say a quick Hail Mary.

See... the day wasn't a complete loss.