We are nearing the end of June, which is when I was expecting to go to Florida for my cousin's wedding. I reserved a hotel room at a reasonable price, which is usually the pricy issue, but alas, flights were expensive! So I searched various websites and found one with lower rates. I booked my flights.
Then I received an email saying that I needed to call them. I dislike phone calls, but okay. I captured audio and video of the conversation. They claimed that I got some special discount voucher, which means they cannot send me the confirmation code now, but I do assuredly have a ticket. This sounded suspicious to me, but competing flights were significantly more expensive, and I also would not be devastated to lose a chance to see family.
As luck would have it, I never received the follow-up email with flight information. I called the agency 20+ times, and during one of those phone calls, I managed to get through and confirm that yes, this was LowFareBuddy, and gave them my name. Then they hung up on me. So then I called my bank to report fraud.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how my sister got to stay in her own (my planned) hotel room instead of sleeping on my uncle's floor.
My dad texted me this past Sunday, on Father's Day, about me being at the wedding. I did not open the text, but it did give me enough anxiety that I am feeling relief to instead just be focused on putting my comedy show together. No more events of significance before Venice. Writing and refining a show, screenwriting a film. Lots of songwriting, and, as I realized last night after being inspired by the Supergirl movie, more physical bits! More contortionist stuff! Regardless of the strength of the writing, the contortionist stuff is what others simply cannot bring to the table.
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