for the record have you eva rode a horse?

Murphy's Law For The Business Traveler comes in many forms, some of which I'll include here:
(a) If you need to wake up at a certain time in the morning in order to make your flight and you make the (quite generally safe) assumption that the children with which you live will have you out of bed well before the hour becomes late, you will sleep right through the first quiet morning the house has seen in days.
(b) If you stop to get gas and wash your vehicle on the way to the airport, the car wash will certainly not be operational despite the $9.95 that has been charged to your credit card and you will be forced to leave the station, disgusted, in your filthy-yet-no-longer-thirsty vehicle.
(c) After you have caught your flight and landed, after this has happened if you let down your guard, the jetway will break down and you will be forced to sit on the plane while it is repaired.
(d) And when you finally get to your hotel and are unable to check-in because your room is still not ready, if you go to the nearby grocer to buy perishable items because "Holiday Inn Express rooms always have a fridge and micro," at that point my friend, if you check into your room holding perishables there will be no fridge, no micro, no highspeed, and certainly no apparent way to connect the Game Cube you carried all the way from home.

I've found the only way to stare Murphy's Law in the face and not be defeated is not getting yourself caught up in the 'nilla 'nilla...