Travel Fail
Feb. 5th, 2010 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mythicalgirlWell, I made it to San Diego, barely. Yesterday was not one of my better travel days. I got up at something like 4:30 am and was at the airport by 6:15. Everything was going fine then the gate attendants made the announcement that the plane had a maintenance issue. Uh-oh. At first we were delayed until 10:00 - two hours late. Then they had to get a part, which they didn't have locally, and it would be 1:00 pm before the part got there. Thank goodness I'd upgraded to first class. They did all my re-booking for me. When they had the first delay they rebooked my connection in Dallas. Then with the second delay they had to re-book my flight out of Indy to DFW. I ended up leaving Indy at 11:35 EST and getting into San Diego at 3:30 PST. Twelve hours total in airports and on planes.
Then they lost my bag.
I was at the baggage claim here in San Diego, just watching that thing go round and round and not seeing my bag. I somehow managed not to have a complete breakdown (which I'm attributing to having flown first class all the way - much more relaxing than slave, I mean coach class). I did the whole thing with reporting the bag missing, etc. It arrived here at the hotel last night at 8:00 PM. Thank God or whatever Deity was listening because if I hadn't had my bag today I would be curled up in a little ball crying my eyes out. Poor Dad - I don't think he would find dealing with a hysterical me as much of a vacation.
*And a big thanks to Patti, our waitress last night, who commiserated with the lost baggage and offered to go get me clothes after she got off work if my bag didn't show up. I don't know if she was serious or not but the offer went a long way to making me feel better. That and two pints of beer.
All is now well, the bellhop has picked up the bags and we're hanging out down here in the internet lounge while we wait for it to be time to go to the pier. San Diego is beautiful as California always is although I'm bummed we didn't get here around noon local time yesterday as planned so that we had time to do some exploring. Maybe next time. I do have relatives out here after all. I should come out and see Grandma and explore Southern California.
The ship leaves at 5:00 this afternoon, hopefully before the weather moves in (rain is coming). It is cool here but still way warming than Indy, which is getting walloped by snow as I type this.
Stay tuned for more updates as the week progresses - unless I'm just having way too much fun!
Then they lost my bag.
I was at the baggage claim here in San Diego, just watching that thing go round and round and not seeing my bag. I somehow managed not to have a complete breakdown (which I'm attributing to having flown first class all the way - much more relaxing than slave, I mean coach class). I did the whole thing with reporting the bag missing, etc. It arrived here at the hotel last night at 8:00 PM. Thank God or whatever Deity was listening because if I hadn't had my bag today I would be curled up in a little ball crying my eyes out. Poor Dad - I don't think he would find dealing with a hysterical me as much of a vacation.
*And a big thanks to Patti, our waitress last night, who commiserated with the lost baggage and offered to go get me clothes after she got off work if my bag didn't show up. I don't know if she was serious or not but the offer went a long way to making me feel better. That and two pints of beer.
All is now well, the bellhop has picked up the bags and we're hanging out down here in the internet lounge while we wait for it to be time to go to the pier. San Diego is beautiful as California always is although I'm bummed we didn't get here around noon local time yesterday as planned so that we had time to do some exploring. Maybe next time. I do have relatives out here after all. I should come out and see Grandma and explore Southern California.
The ship leaves at 5:00 this afternoon, hopefully before the weather moves in (rain is coming). It is cool here but still way warming than Indy, which is getting walloped by snow as I type this.
Stay tuned for more updates as the week progresses - unless I'm just having way too much fun!
