Airport scamble

There were some things I wanted to do before leaving for Taiwan. The first was to pick up one of my favorite jackets. I had accidentally left it at a guy's house and managed to be lazy about arranging a time to go grab it for a month (mostly because I had summer classes). The second was to return a video card that I had bought a few weeks earlier but decided that I no longer wanted it. The third was to make a run to Rite-Aid for some funky bug repellent in the form of a bracelet. They use some citrus aroma to repel mosquitos instead of the chemical DEET. They generally got positive reviews online so I wanted them for the trip.

Of course, nothing really panned out. I had to be at SFO airport by 5pm but I couldn't sleep the night before (too excited?). I woke up at noon and I waited for the jacket guy for about 3-4 hours before he showed up, which basically killed any time to do anything else. I was able to return the video card because the store was close to my house but I had to forget about getting the bracelet.

On top of that, I received a phone call at about 2pm about my laptop. I was trying to sell it the week before but the meetings kept falling through. To my surprise, the guy wanted to meet me at the airport for the exchange so that was something else I had to worry about.

I got to the airport in a jiffy, sold my laptop (yes! extra spending cash), and I was well on my 12 hour flight to Taipei airport.