Monday, November 14, 2005

Things to Keep in Mind if you are Flying to Colorado for Oral Surgery

1. Even if you get up hours before sunrise and leave before 5 AM and catch the *very first* metro train of the day, you will still not get to the airport in time for your 6:30 AM flight.

2. If you do not catch your 6:30 AM flight, the lady at the Continental desk will accusingly inform you that you could have checked in online at home and saved some time. (This will not do you much good, since you are neither online nor at home, but standing in front of your gate looking at the plane you are supposed to be on.)

3. Do not think that the reason the pastries available at the coffeeshops in Reagan National Airport are stale is that you just got there too late to enjoy the fresh ones. No, even the pastries available before dawn are stale. And the coffee's no good, either.

4. If you get delayed in Houston, try the chorizo tacos at the fast food taco place in Terminal B. And the coffee. The coffee is good there.

5. It is nicer to fly through Atlanta than to fly through Chicago.

6. Delta airlines gives you a *choice* of snacks! Sometimes you can even choose TWO. And when you get a drink, they give you the whole can instead of just a little plastic cup! And they have lots of leg room.

7. If a dentist/orthodontist/prosthedontist/oral surgeon ever says that you are very nearly done with treatment, or you have only one more appointment, or that the whole process will be over in a certain amount of time, DO NOT BELIEVE THEM. IT IS A LIE. Your treatment will NEVER, EVER be done.

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