Today was gonna be the big day! It didn't quite turn out as we expected...
After having packed Nicholas' van on Saturday night, here's how it went:
4:00AM Alarm, showers, last minute pickup, find cats, last trash out,
5:30 Meet Nicholas in the parking lot and we're off!
5:50 Record time to the airport! Drag all the bags in, present papers, etc
5:55 Oh, you're going where?? El Salvador? hmmmm...
5:56 International flight, you should have been here at 5, and you have cats, that takes even more time.
5:57 No, we're just getting a flight for Atlanta
5:58 After a long time on the phone, the clerk informs us that we aren't getting on the plane, and that
our connection was so close in Atlanta that even if we made it (big if) our bags probably wouldn't.
5:59 Hey Nicholas? Have you gone back to sleep yet? How would you feel about another ride to the airport to come and get us? He's awake, and he doesn't mind.
5:20 Van reloaded and headed back to CF.
The agent was able to book us on to a flight to Atlanta on Monday and another from there to El Salvador on Wednesday. Both have civilized departure times, and we will be arriving well ahead of the two hour limit.
We will miss the beginning orientation at EA, and some settle-in time, but the silver lining is that we got to catch up on some much-needed sleep today, and overall, the travel schedule is much kinder.
And Nicholas can take us to the airport tomorrow!
After having packed Nicholas' van on Saturday night, here's how it went:
4:00AM Alarm, showers, last minute pickup, find cats, last trash out,
5:30 Meet Nicholas in the parking lot and we're off!
5:50 Record time to the airport! Drag all the bags in, present papers, etc
5:55 Oh, you're going where?? El Salvador? hmmmm...
5:56 International flight, you should have been here at 5, and you have cats, that takes even more time.
5:57 No, we're just getting a flight for Atlanta
5:58 After a long time on the phone, the clerk informs us that we aren't getting on the plane, and that
our connection was so close in Atlanta that even if we made it (big if) our bags probably wouldn't.
5:59 Hey Nicholas? Have you gone back to sleep yet? How would you feel about another ride to the airport to come and get us? He's awake, and he doesn't mind.
5:20 Van reloaded and headed back to CF.
The agent was able to book us on to a flight to Atlanta on Monday and another from there to El Salvador on Wednesday. Both have civilized departure times, and we will be arriving well ahead of the two hour limit.
We will miss the beginning orientation at EA, and some settle-in time, but the silver lining is that we got to catch up on some much-needed sleep today, and overall, the travel schedule is much kinder.
And Nicholas can take us to the airport tomorrow!
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