Glad you're hanging in there, Perkins.
And yeesh, Kat. I have no offering of help there. Once again, wish I were nearer. With my flexible schedule, I could help. But I'm not! And I'm going to be further away, actually; I'm headed to Ohio in the morning.
Solo, I'm not actually thrilled about the trip, but the SO felt it was important. And I should enjoy it. It's the annual missions fair at my adolescent church, which we have missed the past several years. My sister & fam will be there, representing their mission. And my crazy local commuter flight means that I will have a spare day, so I'm going to drive up north to where I grew up, and visit my childhood friend there, who is also a breast cancer survivor!
If I had realized it, I would have totally made the trip worth my while, because the Columbus Blue Jackets play the Chicago Blackhawks in the Jackets' home opener the night I arrive. Only, it starts at 7:30 and I don't get there until 10:00. You know I'm asking the airline if there's an earlier flight they can put me on since I'll be sitting in the airport for hours and hours. (I'll wave in your general direction, erika) It's annoying because my commuter flight gets there at 9:30, and there's an earlier version of my flight that leaves at 9:10. Twenty minutes and I could have had hockey!
But I don't guess they'll want to switch me to any other early flight, you know, for free. Which there aren't, really, just other connecting ones. I'm lucky because this is a direct flight from Phoenix to Columbus.