AIRLINE HELL

Just an update to apologize for the absence of the Dish for a few hours. My bag was searched at Dulles; it was emptied and taken away and then returned. I assumed they put my laptop back in it. They hadn’t. I found out it was missing on the airplane to Chicago. Happily, it was not detonated. I was told I could pick up my trusty Dell Inspiron when I came back through Dulles – and used the computer of a friend of my boyfriend’s while I was in Chi-town. But when I returned, the police station and the Lost and Found were – of course – closed. Today, I hired a Dulles courier to track the thing down for me, and after shuttling between various offices for half a day, he found it. Anyway, it’s a boring story and I need to get a back-up. But the lesson is: traveling seems to be extremely safe but incredibly boring and frustrating. It’s a worthwhile trade-off, but I’m sure glad to get my laptop back. Normal service should resume shortly.