And we are off...sort of...

We are sitting in the SLC airport, waiting for this trip to happen. I woke up this morning, got coffee, turned on the news, and the very first story I heard was

“American Airlines cancels 10% of it’s flights today”


After the way things have been going lately, I barely had to look to know that 10% most likely included me. It did.

AA’s customer service got us a flight on United about an hour later than our original flight – and the trip was saved. Because of the way we acquired our United ticket – we had to first wait on a long American Airlines check in line, and then a United one. There we were informed our new flight (through Chicago) was delayed, and that we had 30 minutes to make our connecting flight once we landed in Chicago. Unfortunately, the connecting flight is in different terminal. We have been ‘backup booked’ on a later flight through Frankfurt and then onto Paris, just in case.

The security line would have been a dream, had we both not been targeted for a special search.

Just when I thought my bad luck was over, I got a breakfast bagel – slathered in Swiss cheese. Gross.

Setbacks aside, we are super excited to get away. We need it. We are so stressed and so overwhelmed, it is definitely time for this here vacation.