stressful departure

just got back from taking my friend P to laguardia. . .this morning had been nice and relaxing. grabbed breakfast with P and the roomie, went to the guggenheim for a bit, and walked around the UES.

left the apartment a little after 2pm expecting to have plenty of time to get P to her 4pm flight. unfortunately, the BQE was blocked off. given that my driving in new york has been limited to taking the same route to long island and back, i didn't know an alternate route to get to laguardia. we got off at maurice and stopped at a bp to get directions.

with some consultation from Q2's boy, we managed to get to the airport by 3:10 PM. traffic was attrocious but i managed to not get in an accident and finally, after an hour and a half of stop & go driving, i'm back at home. but now, i'm a bit deflated and just feel like vegging out in front of my laptop. . . turns out the BQE was closed because of an overturned fuel-hauling truck was the reason for my somewhat stressful afternoon.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-BRF-Tanker-Fire.html?hp

at least no one was hurt and hopefully P made her flight okay and is safely on her way back to NOVA.