Difficult Awakening with a Fairy Tale Ending

What do you do at 3:45 am the first day of vacation? Imagine the sound of waves or the feel of sand on your feet? Maybe you get up early with butterflies in your stomach and brew a cup of coffee?

If you are Gina, you wake up and swiftly cancel the Uber you’d ordered 2 days in advance and then you start wondering aloud why you can’t re-reserve your order.

Where ARE all the drivers at 4am? Why isn’t Paul awake and installing Lyft or trying to order a different Uber? Why does my credit card company think that my cancellation followed by an immediate new order is fraud? Should we get a taxi? Should we drive and park in long-term? Can a friend pick us up?

ARE WE GOING TO MISS OUR FLIGHT?

Clearly, it all worked out. Kevin, a former Coast Guard Helicopter pilot, swooped in with a Lyft in his fancy new Tesla without a smidge of traffic until….


Security.

2 hours or so, a sprint to the gate, happy on the flight

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