Due to bad weather, there has been some delays in flight times. We were meant to already be back in Finland, but we still have a two hour weight at Frankfurt airport in front of us. This means that it could be that I won't get home tonight at all, because even if we get to Helsinki, there might be no way to get to where I live. The storms in Finland have brought down trees across rail tracks and roads, and supposedly, there has been a bit of chaos. Now, just in case you didn't know, Finland is no stranger to bad snow conditions, and there is very, very rarely problems caused because of it.
That is saying something.
The other thing that has sucked is that both of my colleagues have lounge access and can take a guest in. One colleague met a friend who is on the same flight as us and took him in. And my other colleague was taking mine, but due to all the delays, it was full and he couldn't take a guest. However, he didn't go in and instead we have spent the last 3 hours talking about life, death and unemployment. He is one of the company's earliest employees and was surprised that I have lost my job there. But, we didn't dwell too much on that, and instead talked across a wide cross-section of experiences.
It has been a very long day and we might only be halfway through it at this point, so I am not sure how reflective I feel right now, so I might keep this post more a post, and not an article. It has also been a pretty intensive day, even though it was enjoyable for me, though a little bittersweet considering it is going to be the last one for some time to come. Who knows though, maybe something else happens that brings some new opportunities sooner than I think.
I was talking to my colleague about sleep troubles, and how I rarely have them now since I started writing consistently. He is even going to give it a go, as he is interested in ways to improve his own life experiences, and sleep is one of those areas where he hasn't had enough inroads, even though he has improved a lot. As I said to him, writing is a bit of a defrag for the brain, and also a very efficient way to process large amount of information in a short time frame. Spending a half hour writing probably has far greater health benefits for the brain than many hours of other activities - but building the daily habit seems to be the largest stumbling block for most people.
But, as said, I am not going to go too deeply into anything now and instead will relax my own mind a little, and talk a bit more with my colleague. Though, I also have to find a place to charge my equipment before the flight. Frankly, this airport so far sucks. There is one restaurant in this terminal, and it is packed, with all of the other shops closed. Can't even get a bottle of water from somewhere. For one of the biggest terminals in Europe - I don't get it. It could just be my mood though - and lack of sleep jading my thoughts.
Perhaps I should write more.
Taraz
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We also had a winter storm, in our case a wind-storm a couple days ago. 600,000+ people are without power and right now the restoration is estimated to be Saturday/Sunday. We were lucky not to loose power, but it is a mess out there, many medical appointments have been cancelled, roads were a mess yesterday.
So yes, it sucks to be stuck at the airport, but maybe by the time you do get home it will not be as bad...
My mom got the same of last flight, instead of the direct one, she needed to stop at Frankfurt overnight. But they provided with hotel and dinner as it was from 19.00 to 5.40 the waiting time.
What kind of storm is it there? We have stormy weather since yesterday, caused destruction in some places and it rained alot. The wind is popular here and blows from south, thus brings warm airwave as well.
Talking about life and death for 3 hours, it’s nice to have a good interlocutor.
Wow, that must be a pretty small airport. We have some regional ones here that only have like one restaurant. They don't usually get that busy
It sounds like a pretty horrible storm. I hope you have safe travels the rest of the way.
I chose freezing weather to get lost in north London, no anything there either, but thankfully only a thirty-five minute wait to get the same bus I arrived on back to civilisation, in my case, an open underground station.
One restaurant ... 😳