A Crazy POE

Wow. My POE was nothing like what I was expecting.

Here's how it went:


Flight was to leave at 6:45pm on November 24th. We arrived at the airport at about 4:30pm. They say to give about 90 minutes for Canada to US flights.


The check in was horribly slow. It took about 40 minutes. There was only like 3 people doing check in, it was stupid. Then because I had my dog, a wedding dress, a huge 70lb bag and my laptop bag my parents decided to get a porter for me. This took about 10 minutes. Waste of time.


Finally I went to customs. Waited about 15 minutes in Primary customs. The guy I got seemed kinda nasty looking, but I bet they all do in this job. He wished me an early happy birthday and sent me to secondary. This is when it all went wrong.

In customs, there was about 6 other people. I was amazed there was so many people. One person was crying while calling her parents, I wonder what happened. Then this woman that had like 5 bags kept questioning the officer, I mean come on. Another guy already missed his flight due to some immense background checking he was going through. I waited, and waited and waited and FINALLY at 6:40pm I was called up. I told him that my flight was leaving in 5 minutes so he made it fast. He was really nice about it too. Had me fill out an I-94, but didn't take my Biometrics. So I got that done and rushed my butt through the xray part. I hope not getting Biometrics taken doesn't mess up something in the long run.

Got to my terminal and the plane is gone. I missed it.


I went to the only flight left out of American Airlines and had to rebook. I flew out of Toronto to JFK Airport on one of those 40 seater planes that night and had to say overnight at the Ramada @ JFK. The hotel wasnt very good either. Wireless wasnt working, no hot water, etc. It was just terrible. The only reason I went to this one is because they allowed pets. I even missed last call on room service, so I didn't get to eat. I had to burden my parents with paying for it too, I feel bad for them, I really do. I really seem to feel like I owe them alot of money. I mean, I know this was unforseen, but I should have been able to pay for it if I did everything right.

Finally at around 6:30am on November 25th I flew out of JFK to Los Angeles. That was a hell of a long flight. Was on a 767-200, never been on one of those, it was pretty cool. My dog cooperated, thank goodness and no damage done to my wedding dress. Thankfully the flight was early as well, my fiance had to work that morning at 11am.

I'm glad I'm finally home.

It's crazy what I had to go through, I wasn't expecting it what so ever.
 
 
Getting married 2 months from now, this date.
It's also my Birthday today, haha. 22nd Birthday.
Hopefully filing for Adjustment of Status by the beginning of February.