the Drive Home ...

have i got more for you but im tired and the wife wants the car back by 2pm ... heres a brief on today... right now: we should be in ny hotel, waiting for the 2pm 12/1...

11/30 ~ got up at 8:30, went upstairs for breakfast, 1 pumpkin pie piece and asked to see some dolphins to round out an amazing trip to NC... on the road by 8:45 to beat the traffic. we said our goodbyes. get to airport crazy early, our flight is at 2:55 and we are checked in by 11AM... just carry-ons. we get delayed at airport long enough to see all of 1 o'clock football and into 2nd Quarter of 4:15s... finally the craft departs at 6pm. we get to stupid ny airport at 7:30. we sit in terminal, after being assured that the flight would depart asap... till the flight gets cancelled at 10:55pm (sorry about the Late phonecall Sleeves)

the wife has been monitoring the situation very closely and predicted the cancellation... as im walking ahead of her, get to a set of doors that opens up and we are going to be like the 6th in line. we are walking to the ticket counter to get rebooked for the next flight out...

and now let me be clear, i would have picked her up if i was closer but...

some pregnant ran through the door to get in line 1st... chick falls over, after brushing by the wife and hustles by me, ducks under the nyylonzip-line, tumbles forward 2 or 3 times like a cartoon and falls. she protectively curls up and lands on both hands and knees. she waves off any help and she says she is allright, i am not the 1st one to her, she a little shaken up but ok. shes on her feet and husband is now on scene, i arrive and remark she should slow down a bit... she shakes her head yes in agreement...

the wife has a rental car place on the phone, secures a vehicle (Brilliant!!!) and turns to the 2 people behind us, random Lady and some guy, "do you want to split a car to Boston?" they are eager to join the Trip. finish up at counter... cal nearly got cut in line "better step forward or hes gonna cut you..." and get to rental area. paperwork finished and the wife goes to get the car... the wife comes back with hybrid that was in the rented cars parking space, wrong car, wecouldnt leave lot... got caffeine, got suv, got route and away we go...its midnight when we get out of airport after crazy directions from vicky (the bib) and finally out of ny...

1 stop, more caffeine...From on the wife "Happy December."

cal slept alot but has sense of humor and Good idea...

barbizon ~ when the wifes relaxer didnt work, barbizon jumped into shotgun, cool chick... the wife ends up knocked out in backseat. barbizon had lots to say and was a good Travellor, kept me going with lots of stories... Runner-up Halloween Costume participant... she shouldnt have been on that flight either... she still had an hours drive to go

3:30hrs parking lot to fenway exit...

drop off cal and drop barbizon at airport

the wife wants to drive home... we get home and the wife is off to bed and i need to unwind... start writing... just in time to get this down: ...and we head for home... ...new poll@bottom... What a Day... i am finally relaxed enough to fall asleep... Good Night.

What a great bunch of Ideas today!

if we had stayed over: right now, we would be back at the terminal, waiting for more cancelled flights or over-sold AM business flights at the other airport in other stupid ny...

~Life is Short, Get into it~