Post from Heidi Lee Bocanegra · April 17, 2025

03.25.25—Real Talk for Real—Back from Spain

Back from my character development trip! Haha—it was to be expected from such a long distance and short duration. Honestly the most challenging part was the return home.

We were delayed out of Barcelona—and after waiting hours to board our plane to Houston from London, we get denied at the gate and asked to return to main gate and counter to rebook! The next available flight was for the next day, so we were booked at the Holiday Inn on Bath Road… it was not cool and definitely not up to my standards. They didn’t even have hair conditioner, and there were questionable sticky spots and a random hair on top of my bed. I didn’t even want to open my bags at this place.

I made the best of it and explored the town of Windsor nearby. It was super cute—no regrets—even if I did lose my umbrella there!

Travels continued onto the next day. On a positive note, I very much enjoyed flying with Singapore Airlines. It was a breath of fresh air compared to American Airlines!

Houston was not a very fun airport and the most challenging part of the journey. We essentially flew standby all the way home, and we almost didn’t make it on that last plane. Part of me wonders if we weren’t supposed to make it on that plane anyway because once we arrived in Dallas, we put in the wrong address on the GPS and set ourselves back about four hours anyway.

Maybe if we had let ourselves miss that flight and arrive whenever we did, we would have been more rested? Who knows! In my defense, everything around here looks the same and especially at night! I also have an astigmatism and hadn’t slept in more than 24 hours. All excuses aside, we made it home a little before 4 AM Monday morning. I’m very happy to be home. But would I do it again? Yes. In a heartbeat.

Thank you so much for watching and listening. 💖