Today we were supposed to have gotten on a quick early morning flight to Atlanta with a connection to Detroit, arriving at Aunt V's in plenty of time for lunch. Instead, we spent most of the day at airports. We left the house when it was still pitch black dark. The plane was delayed for a very long time. Why? Because the computer was down and the pilot needed some paperwork that only the magic computer could provide. What this all-important paperwork was, I have no idea. That was never explained to us.
Of course when we finally get to Atlanta, our connection had just left. Super. The airline bumped us up into first class seat for the flight to Detroit. Since we had to hang around waiting for that flight, the airline also gave us some food vouchers. I budgeted them well. We ate a free meal of some breakfast burritos. Then we found some nice seats in front of a sunny window. Penguin Girl read her books and I fell asleep. Then we went and had a free treat of a couple of giant smoothies. Then it turned out that our second flight was delayed as well. We actually got on and left the terminal before they realized the air conditioning was not working in the cabin. Then we got ferried back to the terminal to wait for another plane. We did not actually get to Detroit until dinnertime. We could have driven to Aunt V's and gotten there earlier. Really.
During all the waiting in Atlanta, they did ask for volunteers to give up their seats and leave the next morning. The airline would have provided a hotel for the night and 4 round-trip tickets as compensation. In retrospect, I should have jumped on that deal. But Penguin Girl really enjoyed her first class experience despite all the waiting. We were able to partake of the fancy snacks. Penguin Girl got some sort of potato sticks. I had kettle chips. No piddly pretzels for us!
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