At the Airport
Airports are great for people watching. It makes me realize how much of my life is spent in little eddies of the river of humanity. Even being at the airport only offers a cross section of people. This was more apparent on the first leg of our journey. Now we’re waiting for the Montreal flight and we’ve already discovered several fellow passengers that are also Worldcon bound. In fact we met a person who is heading to Worldcon, who is good friends with people with whom Howard and I are also good friends. It is always fun playing “small world.”
There are lots of parents here with their kids. It makes me simultaneously lonesome for my kids and very glad that I’m able to sit here with my laptop instead of managing small people. The plane will board soon. It looks like the plane may be overbooked. Not thrilled at the prospect of being delayed.