What a day. Checked my flight before we left the house this morning and all was on time, but by the time I got to the airport, the flight was delayed 2 hours - something about air traffic control was shutting down many flights in NY/NJ area because of high winds. So wait. Luckily they were able to take off sooner than expected and I arrived in Newark at 6 p.m. when I should have arrived at 4:20 p.m. Not so terrible. Except exactly then a gigantic thunderstorm unleashed itself just as I was getting into the rental car and was scratching my head wondering how to work the windshield wipers. Holy Tamole. No sooner did I leave the airport grounds than I was lost almost immediately because a) the GPS was pointing one direction while the road signs were pointing a different way, b) the DELUGE was coming down in such torrents that cars were going 10 mph and could not use the left lane because it was essentially full of water, and c) oh yeah, it was now dark. I was almost in tears except I was too scared to stop for a breakdown. That's when I suddenly and spontaeously took a random turn - completely contrary to GPS and signs, and then the GPS said "Recalculating" and the next thing you know, I was headed north. By 9:30 I arrived in my comfey room in Albany which I booked through AirBNB - an old old beautiful house, and I get the room all the way at the top on the third floor. I stopped long enough for a shower and now I am collapsing. The hostess, Thessaly is her name, is quite nice - gave me all good directions for finding great breakfast and Archives in the morning.
OMG. Am I really in Albany, NY? I wonder what it looks like ?
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