Challenge: Day 11 FR

Am I actually going to make approaches on Day 11? Will I ever get out of work?!?

The answers to both of those questions was "YES! THANK GOD!!" haha.

So I was to meet my parents at the airport (LAX) before my mom left to Singapore for 3 weeks. I wanted to drop some things off so that my mom could take them back for my grandmother and other relatives over there.

Meet up my parents in the Bradley terminal, hand off the stuff, then walk my mom to the security line that goes to the gates.

My dad and I sit there and chat while we wait for her to disappear around the corner.

All of a sudden, the airport personal decide they need to close off the rest of the line and turn people to the other side of the terminal to go through security there (they told the part of the line that was a few people after where my mom and our family friend were in line).

Curious, I decide to ask the kinda cute airport lady what was going on (at the time, I didn't think of this as an actual approach, but what the hell...I'll give you a reason why I'm counting it later on in this report).

Approach 1

D: "Excuse me, is this closure going to affect anyone who's already in line? Or do the other people have to go to the other side of the terminal as well?"
Airport Lady (AL): "Oh no. It's just that we one of the 2 security check machines has broken down and we don't want a long line to form over here."
D: "Oh ok. Well, it's a good thing there are very few flights leaving in the next hour."
AL: "Yeah, hopefully, we'll get it fixed soon."
D: "Yeah, 'cuz after this hour is over you guys might have a mess on your hands with all of the outbound flights in the next couple of hours. Alright, thanks."

It was a very dry interaction, but I approached. haha.

Left the airport not too soon after that.

Went to Whole Foods on the way back to pick up some dinner.

Walked around the store looking for any targets, but there were none.

I decide to get my dinner and some breakfast and then check out.

Go to the cashier line and see this older, maybe late 30s woman checking out in the line next to me. Not bad, but not sure if I want to approach.

I pay for my food and walk toward the elevator to the parking garage.

Get to the elevator and wait for it. Out of the corner of my eye I see HB late 30s finish checking out and making her way to the elevator.

Elevator arrives and she's still a decent amount away. I could have gone down without being rude (as in, if i didn't hold the elevator for her, no one would have thought I was an asshole), but I figured, what the hell, I'm in no rush and maybe I can get in an (what I thought was going to be my "first") approach. So I hold the elevator for her.

And she gets in to the elevator with a "Thanks!" and a flash of a cute smile. Nice.

Approach 2

So this lady had her hands full with a bunch of bags of groceries.

D: "What floor?"
HB: "B. Thanks!"
D: "No problem. Looks like you got yourself a lot of groceries there." (Hahaha, worst...line...ever...).
HB: "Yeah, I can't believe how expense everything is here."
D: "Yeah, that's the cost of eating healthier, organic food. But the cost is worth it."

And I arrive at level A...and I say, "Well, have a nice night."
HB: "Thanks! You too."

After that, I had planned to go out for the night and make my "second" approach. However, I get home, eat dinner. Chill with my roommate watching TV for a bit...and I just pass out watching TV on the couch. Haha.

I was pretty exhausted from all the stress/late nights at work over the last couple of days, so I guess it makes sense.

Woke up around 1AM and was like, WTF...

Get up and think about going out, but it's way too late and decide it'd be best to just go to bed.

Hence, the airport lady became Approach 1. Kinda lame, but I had every intention of making more...if not for passing out.

Pretty lame day, but 10 days ago, I would have done 0, so even though the challenge isn't shaping up like I had envisioned, I'm out of my rut, which is a good thing.

Money owed ch0n60: $0.