Sunrise, sunset

Surprise!  And good morning from San Diego.  You’re thinking, Wait, aren’t Heather and Cas supposed to be home, now?  Because Heather has to be at work today?  Well, you’re not wrong.  I am supposed to be at work today, but here I still am, in beautiful San Diego.  Our flight was cancelled, I told my boss, and I am pretty sure I’m not fired or anything.  Turns out, a school can run for a day without its librarian.  

Yesterday began with a quick bite at our hotel- we purchased a pair of bananas on the way back to the room the night before so we could move out quickly and get started on the day.  We peeled and ate our breakfast, then checked out, backpacks packed, to head to a coffee shop.  We were taking a bit of a circuitous path to a seafood restaurant that had been recommended to us.  I can now fully recommend Point Loma seafoods.  It’s not a fancy, sit-down spot or anything, but the food is spectacular.  Go for the crab sandwich and some sushi.  Cas commented that it may have been his first actual California Roll in California, with fresh crab.  That’s when we checked in on the American Airlines app.  The plane we were supposed to get on yesterday was supposed to travel from somewhere I didn’t catch to Dallas to San Diego, then back to Dallas.  It apparently didn’t make it to Dallas that first time, cancelling the two flights that came after.  We kept getting delays- an hour, then a half hour then another hour.  We remained hopeful, but in the end, the whole darn thing was cancelled.  

Cas and I went to the airport to see what we could do about getting home in a reasonable timeframe- they actually rebooked us to fly to Phoenix early this morning and then from there to Dallas after a very long layover.  Cas was trying to fix it so we could get home in one fell swoop, and maybe get a spot to sleep in the meantime.  The series of delays kind of pushed us so late in the day that there were no more options for Sunday at all, and of course, a whole airplane full of people were all looking for a way home.  When we got to the counter to speak with a representative, I am sure we were the latest in a series of frustrated folks, and I am sure Cas and I were none too pleasant when she told us there wasn’t much she could do, nor was there any way the airline would provide us with a hotel room.  That last part was the record scratch that put Cas off.  The representative said it was a weather related cancellation, and in such cases, the airline wasn’t responsible.  We were standing there on a sunny day wondering how the weather was problematic.  Apparently, weather three stops away is also somehow our problem.  Great.  

Needless to say, we were both frustrated.  But in the end, we booked for a flight this evening straight through to Dallas with a plan to fly standby earlier, if possible.  This morning, Cas actually checked the app again and found us two spots on an also-delayed flight, so we’ll try for that.  Maybe we see Dallas before lunchtime.  Maybe not.  But the hotel is nice, and we did have one heck of a view before we climbed into the freshly made bed.  

See you back in Dallas! 

(I hope!)