Day 17: Tumbleweed

I did this on the airplane heading to Charlotte, SC.  The image was inspired by color name "tumbleweed". I started drawing tumbleweeds at the top of the page.  Looking out the window at the mid-west down below, I was inspired to draw a landscape.  I wanted a path trailing off into the distance.  (The Beatles' song "The Long and Winding Road" was playing in my head).  Once I drew the mountains, the tumbleweeds looked more like some kind of UFO lights in the sky.

I added the ripped up pieces of wrapper for some texture.  This was the last moment of  peacefulness that I had today.  Here is what happened....

The plane landed 25 minutes late.  I had to run, in high heels, through three terminals of the Charlotte airport to make my connection to Columbia, SC.  I made the plane, but my luggage did not.  When I arrived in Columbia, I got my rental car, and left the airport without my luggage.  I arrived at the Marriott, and they told me they were overbooked (even with a confirmation) and they were sending me to another hotel.  I made it over to the second hotel at 10pm, dropped off my backpack and went back out for dinner.  The hotel clerk suggested a restaurant which ended up being 20 miles away (WTF!).  I was half way through my meal when I realized that I had left my wallet at the hotel.  I told the manager of my pathetic evening, and told him I would call with my Visa card # as soon as I got back to the hotel.  I did (he probably did not think I would ever call).  After a midnight shower, I tried to sleep, but kept having dreams about my missing luggage.  At 2am my luggage arrived.  Yeah!  Tomorrow will be better.