oloriel | Heroes of the Road

So my brother is in New Zealand. Or no, by now he'll be somewhere over Asia, but at any rate, he was in New Zealand for over a month.

That's good for him.

Less good is that he practically didn't keep in touch (he sent one short e-mail when he was on the ferry to the South Island, and then another short e-mail when he was on the ferry back to the North Island a couple of weeks later). NOW he apparently sent me an e-mail, which reached my Inbox last night at 3 am.

Now, my wild student and roleplaying days are over, so at 3 am, I do not check my e-mails.
So a bit later he sent a text message to my father, who - surprise, surprise! - doesn't check his text messages at 4:30 either, but read it later on when he got up and called me on his way to work. "Tom sent a text message - he asks whether you don't read your e-mails?"

"Not before breakfast, I don't," says I, but promise to check right away. I have a mild suspicion what it might be about, anyway.

And indeed: It's a (very nicely and creatively worded, I have to give him that) request whether I, in my boundless generosity, might pick him up at the airport tomorrow (Thursday) at 2 pm.

I'll probably do it (if I have a car at my disposal), but damn, dude, can't you think of these things earlier. Like, before you get on a plane and can't be reached or make alternative arrangements until you're already in Düsseldorf, thereby sort of guilting me into agreeing? I SHOULD MAKE YOU GO BY TRAIN AND BUS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A SUCKY PLANNER.
Haha, no, he's my brother and I know how annoying it is to get home by public transport after a full day's plane journey. But argh. How hard would it have been to organise this well in advance? He booked his flight home several months ago. Yes, yes, flights get cancelled or rescheduled all the time, but it'd still have been kinda useful to plan ahead.

Ngah.

[/First World Problems]