This was originally sent out as the midweek Creative Nudge on June 6:
Ah well, the best laid plans….
Instead of arriving in Dublin Tuesday morning and having a day to scope out
the city on my own, my Denver to Boston flight was delayed and I missed my
Aer Lingus connection to Dublin Monday night. I'll be on another Dublin
flight Tuesday night, now arriving the exact same time as my group Weds
morning. I am writing this from an Irish pub at the Boston airport… pretending that I am already in Ireland!
So having said that, you can guess that Monday night was a bit of an
adventure. After running from Terminal C to Terminal E to hopefully catch
the flight (and seeing the plane pull away from the gate when I was almost
there – *sniff*), I had to track down my luggage, get a hotel voucher, and
then since the bad weather had filled up all the local hotels, took a cab 45
minutes to Danvers to the only hotel the airline could offer.
Now, you are going to ask what the heck does this have to do with
creativity? You may well ask.
My story begins as I arrived in front of the hotel, and the "resort" name
was laminated on a sign that was taped up beside the revolving door. As I
entered the lobby I saw something scoot off to the side of the registration
desk, saw 2 young men frantically looking around the floor (but in the other
direction), and then the deer-in-the-headlights look as I asked – "Mouse?"
"Yes, where did it go?"
So you see this is another few pages in my book of travel essays. Ha! I won't bore you with the details of my room. Lets just say it had peeling yellow-beige tiny houndstooth wallpaper throughout the entire room…and leave it at that.
So what have I done with an extra day inserted into my itinerary?
* Stayed up late answering emails and simultaneously downloading photo filters
for my new creative obsession – Instagram.
* Researched how to combine Pinterest and Instagram so I can view them together on the web. (Instagram is a photo-sharing program for smart phones)
* Wrote another chapter in my novel. (haha)
* Decided to draw something every day on this trip…once I get to Ireland! Did a little still life sketch to warm up.
* Since it is rainy and chilly – put on my raincoat and pretended like I am in
Galway already.
* Went for a walk in a nearby park and spotted this cluster of shamrocks.
I think my luck is changing!
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