Trying to Get to Tokyo

I'm all set to go to Tokyo tomorrow to visit James. Huey's scheduled at daycare, I have work covered, I drank the last of my royal milk tea so I'm ready for a new batch. Because I'm flying as an employee I get to go business for $32 roundtrip but I only get to go if there are open seats. Here's the breakdown:

22 open seats in business, -19 seats in coach, I'm number 13 on the list.

Not so good, eh? So I checked through Detroit, Portland, Seattle, LA, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, even JFK. Everything's booked. (Apparently no one is concerned anymore about nuclear waste?) Then I checked Haneda through LA. No go. So I'm ready for a guessing game tomorrow. I get to show up at the airport and see who doesn't show up and if enough people don't show up then I can get on the plane and have a fun weekend in Tokyo. Or, everyone shows and I get to watch the plane push back and then head home.

I know a lot of people couldn't travel like this, but you know what? I sure don't mind. Some days it's nice to see new cities and some days it's just nice to be home. I don't mind one bit if some crazy fly-if-you-can system dictates this for me.

Still hope to see you Friday evening, James!