adventurous morning

i'm currently in tennessee on business... i flew out this morning and it was awful...besides having to get up at 5:30am...i left with 1 hour to get to the airport, 1 hour to get to my gate. when i got to the first highway from my house traffic was backed up all the way to the toll booths. it took me 30 mins to get 5 miles b/c of an accident. so i got to the airport in 1:15 minutes, took 15 minutes to find a parking spot- then i went to the electronic check in- checked in, hit "0" bags to check in... went up to security line it wasnt too long so i thought for sure i'd be okay. i take my sneakers off, get some of my stuff in the bins to go through the xray machine and i hear this woman yelling "ma'am...ma'am that wont fit as a carry on you have to check that" talking to me about my suitcase. i looked at her and said i cant go back and check this or i will miss my flight. she didnt seem to care about that- so...i run back down the stairs in my socks- back to the machine i left 10 minutes before to see if it will let me add a check in luggage...and it gives me the error - cant check in within 30 minutes of departure see a ticket agent. so i finally get someone to explain that i have to rebook- that i wont make my flight. i was soooooo mad- almost in tears because i was soooooo close. so i go to tticket counter, put my sneakers back on...and rebook a later flight which isnt a direct flight and i am 3 hours later than my original plan. oh well i guess. more miles for my card. oh and i was charged $25 for that change. agh. what was worse was the lady next to me had thought her flight was at 9:20 in the am - and she was very early for it- but it actually was at 7:25 and she had missed it....