La Quinta: Spanish for Northwest Screwed You Up

WHAT A DAY! Yesterday my family and I arrived at the Memphis airport around 4:30pm and immediately found out that my flight to LA was delayed 2 hours. Normally, the delay would have been okay, but in my situation, it would cause me to miss my flight to Sydney. So, after arguing with the ticket counter for about 5 hours to figure out if there were any other flights that would get me there on time, we finally came to an agreement. I decided to board the plane to LA last night that left around 9:00pm (supposed to leave at 6:40pm) and arrived in LA at 10:45pm (PDT). I was hoping that my flight going to Sydney would have been delayed, too in order for me to have my flying buddy, Kendall. Unfortunately, we missed each other by minutes. So, as Kendall was in the air, I had to stand in the Special Services line to book a new flight and get vouchers for a hotel and meal. I would say that after about an hour after arriving in LA, I was set with everything I needed for the night. I walked outside of LAX into about 60 degree weather and frantically looked for the shuttle going to the La Quinta. I found it shortly and got settled into my hotel room around midnight (PDT). I was actually surprised at how nice the room was. I kept thinking that my parents should be at the hotel with me because I'm too young to do this kind of stuff on my own. I guess I'm a woman now! So here I am, Tuesday morning, in LA and do not leave for Sydney until 10:35pm (PDT). I really want to venture out, but not sure how far out I should go. I guess I'll figure that out... after my late check-out (1:30pm)!