A Christmas Miracle!

This morning, on our way to the airport, Christmas was ruined. Our flight to the Tri-Cities was canceled. My mom called while we were one the way to the airport. Luckily, we hadn't made it out of Puyallup yet, so we just went back home. We tried calling the ticket desk for while, and I looked up flights online, but it looked like everything going to Pasco was booked until after Christmas. We considered going Greyhound for a few seconds until we heard about what they did to customers in Seattle yesterday: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle911/archives/157653.asp

So I cried for a while, and then decided to go back to sleep so I wouldn't have to think about missing out on Christmas at home, and not getting to see my family before I move far far away.

And then George performed a Christmas miracle.

He came and woke me up with the good news that he booked us on flights, the last 2 spots available, and we had to hurry up and go because it was leaving in 2 hours! He booked me for this early flight, and booked himself a spot on a 6:30 flight. So we got to the airport, and had some difficulty checking in, but eventually got to the gate and waited...

and waited..

But it didn't get canceled, and about an hour late, I boarded the plane and hit the skys! Apparently the flight I was on was the first to land in Pasco in several days, and subsequently most of the luggage on board didn't belong to any of the passengers. (they have a huge pile of luggage at Sea-Tac just waiting to get to Pasco). And so my luggage never showed.

George on the other hand didn't get so lucky. They cancled his flight right before he was scheduled to go. The Seattle airport is really really messed up for a while. He's still there trying to get his suitcase back, and will probably end up driving over with Athena and Dan on Christmas Eve.

Getting home for Christmas really is something worth writing a song about. I hope the rest of you had an easier time of it!