NFF: BWI Airport, Concourse C, Hanover, Maryland

sunday, 15 july 2012
12:46 pm

the most eerily empty airport concourse i've been in yet. there were maybe 7 ppl in line for security, so i found myself at my assigned gate an hour early. in a concourse with 16ish gates, only 3 were open. the other gates didn't even have chairs in them- just huge expanses of carpet and windows. two girls took advantage of the space to play a shrieking game of tag. i claim an empty gate for myself, feeling like a rock star- so much luxurious room to stretch + journal + reflect on the past weekend in maryland, where i spent sweet times w/old friends. after almost a year in a new city, it's a kind of relief to hang out w/ppl who know where i came from, both geographically + psychically. i don't have to explain myself.

another little girl in pigtails clomps by with all the arrogance that comes with being 4 years old. something is off about her gait; i look down at her feet and realize she's wearing a pair of high-heeled women's clogs. she is followed by a 10-year-old boy and a bag-laden woman with only brown socks on her feet.

view from airplane on the approach into abq