You’ll always wonder: A New Year’s Resolution
I’m back in Baltimore. My flight home was a complete mess, but the one back was smooth by comparison. The only aggravating part was that they held us on the ground in Milwaukee for about 25 minutes and then another 20 minutes after we touched down in Balmer, in addition to taking 45 minutes to get our bags to the baggage claim.
I overheard the girl in the middle seat, across the aisle from me, tell the man next to her that she was from Minneapolis and was doing Americorps in Prince George’s County (down on the coast), working with unwed mothers. I didn’t think much of it, at the time, but as we were exiting the plane, I noticed that she was pretty cute.
I was so stressed from the day and was trying to get my baggage as soon as I could, as my friend was circling around waiting to pick me up, that it did not occur to me that I had an in and should go talk to her. I grabbed my bags and headed over to the curb. As soon as I got in the car, it hit me that I had missed an opportunity.
As some of you know, my brother found his wife by spotting her in a magazine and googling her. In light of this, as creepy as it is, I couldn’t help myself from doing a few google searches myself. Sadly, google searching “unwed mothers Prince George’s County” did not yield any potential fiancees.
If I could I’d go back, and, before walking to my friend’s car, I’d go up to her and say, “You look cute. Even after dealing with AirTran for 7 hours. That’s quite an accomplishment.” Instead, all I can do is resolve to become the guy who does that sort of thing, over the course of the New Year.
Whoever you are, you’re cute. Catch you on the next flight. A word of warning, though, I’ll probably be flying Southwest…bags fly free.
Think about it.
