It might be better to not curse myself...

However, I'll say it anyway.

Happiness is knowing you've already paid for your first week's lease on your new owner-operator cab with 8 hours left to work on Saturday night. That's pretty fuckin' slick, yo.

Also... here's another. The answer to the question, "how can you get back to back airport jobs in the same run?"

Simple, my dear Watson: have someone at the passenger drop off point leap into your cab as you're dropping someone off.

I was stood up in Webster (the Bay Area of Houston, basically). Then, I got a call to go get a guy at the Hooters on NASA Road 1. Yes, there's a Hooters near the Johnson Space Center. I take him to Hobby Airport (HOU) and, just as I'm getting ready to punch out of the line, someone bangs on my window and hands me a voucher and says, "Are you going to Bush? I need to get there in a hurry."

"I am now! Welcome aboard," was my reply.

Now, here's the thing. People are supposed to wait for cabs down at Ground Transportation at Houston's airports. Cabs line up for HOURS to get these trips, and a guy just throws himself at me just I'm getting ready to go. On top of that, Houston Airport System still hasn't issued me my badge, yet, so I wasn't supposed to take the trip. However, the overriding concern is that I'd be in even more trouble if I refused this gentleman transport. Hence, I went.

For the record, both of those trips added up to just under a hundred bucks in 90 minutes. I could only wish that every hour and a half of my cab driving life were that profitable. I'd be home after 8 hours every day and have complete weekends off. However, that's how Friday karma goes at times.

In any case, I'm catching a small break at home before I run out and face the Saturday night life.

And lastly, with all this crusading I'm doing, I'd probably be well-served to get a GPS to prevent some of the gas wasting I'm doing. I do a lot of doubling back because I don't have a pin-point fix on some of these locations I'm lighting on.

Anywho...