Ever since my last trip I've become a little over paranoid with traveling. It's not the flying or the turbulence that scares me, it's the fear of getting stuck in a foreign country, losing my bags, getting mugged or kidnapped that concerns me.
My trip yesterday hadn't even BEGUN before my travel luck started kicking in.
So...I happened to lose my house keys a few weeks ago and haven't had a chance to get new ones (Roommate Sarah's loving being my personal doorman.) But before my afternoon flight to Tel Aviv, I needed to run a few errands so I had left my front door unlocked. When I returned home 15 minutes later (just as my cab was pulling up), I found that a responsible tenant had re-LOCKED the door on their way out.
So there I was, locked out of my house, without my suitcase, with an international flight leaving in 2 hours and started panicking. Luckily, I remembered about someone who happens to have a copy of my front door key (from the last time I got locked out) and then went on a full-fledged scavenger hunt in my cab to pick up the keys from said stranger, then back to my house to pick up my suitcase, then back to drop the keys back off & then headed to the airport.
Thankfully there was a delay so I miraculously made my flight, but if my trip continues with this trend I may never leave my house again.
