Oh the enjoyable! | Susan May Warren

So, to simplify, let’s begin with this.

We simply wished to go to our nephew’s wedding ceremony.

Now, I’m going so as to add that at this mentioned wedding ceremony, our grandchildren could be attending, in order that’s necessary to know.

Now, we’ll again up. One of our household values is to Show Up. We go to nice lengths to Be There when thrilling household occasions occur. Like graduations and weddings. And not only for our kids, however our prolonged household.

It’s only a factor we like to do to point out individuals we love them.

So after all, when our nephew obtained engaged final fall, we booked tickets for a fast weekend getaway from Melbourne Beach to Iowa – out Friday night time, again Sunday night time. Easy…um, peasy…

So, we packed our luggage, and headed to the airport below broad blue skies, not a speck of raincloud to be seen. Arrived early. Got a chew to eat.

Boarded the aircraft.

And then obtained this announcement: on account of rain in Atlanta, we’re not cleared to take off. We could be half-hour late.

Concerned, I requested the flight attendants about our connecting flight. “No problem” they mentioned—our connection was coming in from Pensacola and so they had been delayed too. Two thumbs up.

Then we needed to deplane as a result of it went from half-hour to 4 hours. But nonetheless, our connecting aircraft was caught in FL too, so…nyet downside. When we lastly took off, 4 hours later, we nonetheless harbored hopes that we’d make that connection.

Alas, after we landed, one other aircraft had wolfed up our gate, and we needed to wait one other twenty minutes earlier than we deplaned.

During that point, our flight to Iowa taxied by us and headed off to Des Moines. Without the unhappy wedding ceremony goers.

And then the enjoyable started.

We deplaned, and found our luggage hustled over to the following outgoing DM flight with out us (we had been on standby). The subsequent out there flight was 7pm the following night time. Two hours after the marriage ended. So….

I known as Delta. Talked to a very nice girl named Debbie for 2 hours whereas we waited within the “No I didn’t get my luggage but I’d like to have a toothbrush tonight for my stay in the Delta terminal…” line.

Alas, no toothbrush for me (really that is the place journey savvy Susie will get a high-five as a result of SOMEONE packed an additional toothbrush, plus, properly, additional unmentionables as a result of I additionally stay with disaster Susie in my head).

Every single flight to the north was booked. Des Moines, Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Rochester…after which….we recommended Madison. BAM! Debbe the Devoted elbowed out the opponents and snagged us a seat for the primary flight out within the am. 11am—we’d arrive at 12:30 and with a 3+ hour drive to the marriage, we MIGHT make the reception.

(that is the place the grandchildren are available in). Hubs was like…possibly we return to FL. I used to be like… um, GRANDCHILDREN. But we thought…can we do that? Do we danger it?

Sometimes you simply gotta take the possibility. So, sure, we booked that flight, after which I managed to snag the Last Room in Atlanta at a Motel 6, and we hauled our exhausted our bodies to the place the place they go away the sunshine on for you, (IYKYK) and collapsed at 3am.

Cold water within the morning, however who wants showers? We had been again at ATL by 8am, unshowered, wanting just a little tough.

Not precisely Wedding prepared.

And our luggage had been nonetheless on the flight to IA. *sigh*.

And then, the HAND of GOD reached into the bags space and miraculously moved our bag to the Madison flight.

BAM! Wedding right here we come. I rented the Last Available Vehicle in Madison, we landed, grabbed our rental AND our luggage, and I proceeded to tried to make myself wedding ceremony worthy.

To be sincere, I felt like that is the place I used to be ranging from…

People, I placed on pantyhose within the automobile. Did my hair with the No Shower Shampoo. Applied make-up. And then we switched drivers and hubs shaved within the automobile and did the identical.

We flew down the freeway.

And arrived 10 minutes after the ceremony.

But all was properly. We danced. We laughed. We frolicked with our grandchildren (and the bride and groom).

And then on Sunday, we flew dwelling.

So, yeah, we had that journey this weekend.

Meanwhile, North hit #1 within the Christian Mystery and Suspense checklist.

Thank you!!

Sometimes you simply should take a danger, you recognize?

Thanks for taking a danger on my books. And for studying NORTH.  Don’t overlook EAST is out within the Susan May Warren retailer! (get a soar begin on e-book 2!)
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More enjoyable on Friday…keep tuned.

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