…Over a delayed flight (and I didn’t kill my wife!)

(Posted by Ron)

It was 3:45pm and we still had to wait for our luggage.  We weren’t even sure it had gotten on our plane.  It had, and by 4:15 it was in tow.  Remember we had over packed?  There was more luggage than two people could handle.  Nerves began to fray again.  The cruise line representatives were milling around trying to figure out what to do, but didn’t seem very organized.  Finally, at around 5:00pm, which was the scheduled “drop dead” sailing time, a bus arrived to take us to the ship.  It took two separate trips by Gayle and me to get our luggage to the bus.

We finally got to the ship around 5:30 and the gangway was still open.  Hooray!  We made it! Read the rest of this entry »

Preferably not my wife!

(Posted by Ron)

It’s 1:00am and our flight to Atlanta leaves in six hours.  In four hours we have to meet the van to take us to the airport.  We are also in a “luggage rich” environment.  Yes, we over-packed, as usual.  I manage a couple of hours sleep in the recliner.  Gayle doesn’t sleep at all.  She is on the couch with her computer on her lap and she’s connected to facebook.  Shorty is sleeping on her legs and Freddie is sleeping against her.  It’s the day we leave for the cruise of a lifetime.

At 3:00am we begin to get dressed and I finish loading the car.  At 4:30am we leave for the hotel to meet our van.  We arrive at the airport early and have time to eat breakfast.  So far, so good.  We are flying on Delta so it isn’t hard to find our flight.  We land uneventfully in Atlanta and everything begins to plummet from there. Read the rest of this entry »