3:30 am: wake in Austin

3:45 am: drive to office

4:00 am: arrive at office, perform miscellaneous tasks

4:15 am: carpool with co-workers to Austin airport

4:45 am: cleared security

6:10 am: Southwest 1017 scheduled departure for Dallas Love Field – position A23, phone battery: ~25%

7:00 am: arrival at Dallas Love Field

7-9 am: shuttle to Alamo rental car, pick up rental car, breakfast at Bread Winners Cafe (JT had the breakfast burrito), discuss meeting points

9:30 am: arrival at client’s site and tour office

9:45 am-1:30 pm: meeting with client (one of my firm’s most important clients)

1:30 pm: depart for airport

1:45 pm: return rental car and pick up shuttle to terminal

2:00-ish: JT changes flight from Southwest 498 (DAL-AUS) to Southwest 37 (DAL-HOU) which departs at 3:30 pm – pay $50 extra for difference in fare between this flight and my original flight. Boarding: C5

2:20 pm: clear security

2:30 pm: get on standby list for 3:00 pm flight (Southwest 35, DAL-HOU). The list quickly grows to 15 people. Text plans to Katie and my uncle in Houston. Shut off phone ~8% battery

2:50 pm: ticketed on Southwest 35, boarding position A50

3:30 pm: depart Dallas

4:14 pm: land in Houston

4:37 pm: Houston Metro bus #88 (Hobby Airport) Cost: $1.25

5:24 pm: arrive downtown (later than scheduled)

5:35 pm: board Metro bus #255 (Kingwood Park & Ride) Cost: $4.50 (paid $5, no change). Update Katie and Uncle Mike and turn phone back off. Fascinating discussion with a 71 year old fellow lover of travel.

6:35 pm: arrive Houston Park & Ride

6:45 pm: dinner at Three B’s Grill with Uncle Mike, Aunt Brenda and my cousin Kristen

8:00 pm: arrive back at uncle’s house, look through my new car’s (2004 Honda Accord EX) paperwork

8:20 pm: depart for Austin. Fighting traffic, construction, massive detours, and exhaustion. Stopping for caffeine, phone charger, gas, a kolache, and to walk around 

1:00 am: arrive back at office, grab house keys

1:20 am: arrive back home, shower and go to sleep