I'm not gone!

Notice my absence from blogging lately? Well I've been CRAZY busy these past few week! If you're wondering, YES! I DID WATCH Canada win GOLD in men's olympic hockey! Amazing!!! I was so proud! But... I should have been watching that game IN Canada, since we were supposed to be at my parents' home last weekend. SHOULD HAVE being the operative phrase. Wanna know what happened? Ugh, it's such a LONG story that I'll give you the timeline instead.

Friday, 4am: wake up; it's a blizzard outside. (I've got pics on my iPhone, I'll post those later)

5am- taxi to Grand Central, Bus to the airport. Checking the flight status over and over: NOT Cancelled, no delays.

6:40am: they cancel our flight, just 20 minutes before it's supposed to depart. AFTER we already travel an hour in a blizzard to the airport. All subsequent flights are cancelled for the day.

6:41am: Me and husband are rebooking the flight to depart Saturday morning, and demanding first class upgrades because of the hassel. We get it. Sweet!

9:00am: back in Manhattan. I decide to go to work, and not waste a vacation day.

Saturday, 4am: wake up. Take taxi to Grand Central, bus to airport. Same thing all over again.

7:00am: first class flight to Boston, connecting to Presque Isle.

8:00am: arrive in Boston.

8:03am: connecting flight is announced that there is a delay

8:20am: ...a 6 HOUR DELAY.

9:00am: find out from USAirways person that the delay is due to a mechanical problem with the plane. I say, "What, you only have ONE plane? Call in another plane!"

1:00pm: still waiting

1:15pm: Flight CANCELLED completely. Next flight is at 4:30pm, but we are told it's sold out. Next available flight isn't until Sunday evening (and we're supposed to fly back to NYC on Monday morning!) so we decide to just give up and go home. They book us on a 2pm flight to NYC.

1:30pm: Leave the gate, exit security, and try to talk to the ticketing desk about getting our refund. They tell us the 4:30pm flight is NOT sold out and there are seats available. They book us on 4:30 flight. Our bags are now boarding the NYC flight without us. They run and retrieve our bags and put them on the 4:30pm Presque Isle flight.

1:45pm: They cancel us on the Presque Isle flight because of a weight restriction. Someone checked 6 heavy bags and now the plane cant take any more passengers. Jerk. We try to book back on the NYC flight (which is now boarding.)

2:00pm: running to board the NYC flight.

3:00pm: land in NYC. Luggage does NOT.

4:00pm: arrive back at our apartment, with no bags. After 12 hours, 2 flights, and $1,000 later, we are exactly back where we started from...but worse off than when we left because we have no luggage.

So, yeah. Didn't make it to Canada. Sad face :(