home at last

Home at last
well, the traveling was exciting yesterday. Nothing too critical, but definitely interesting.
I board at the airport and the seat arm does not go up. When I booked the two seats, I asked about it as they were both for me, and I was assured that they would be able to raise the arm to give me the room.
It does wiggle a little to one side giving a bit more room, but not two seats worth. So they moved me up. To the business class section, more room there, and free samlock (sandwiches) and drinks.
I arrive in Seattle, and as it is the customs entry point, we have to retrieve our bags and go through customs, then have them re-loaded for connecting flights. Of course my backpack was the last bag off the luggage run, so I am the last in line though customs. All goes well, and I send my bags onto the conveyer for the trip to Sacramento. Heading up to settle in for my connecting flight, I find that the flight number I had, left Seattle at 1 pm. Mind you I had just landed at 5:45 PM, and now after customs and all it was almost 7pm. A scheduling change in the airline, with no attempt to contact me.
Certainly not by e-mails, and Tory had no phone calls about it. IN effect, they canceled my tickets!
Off to the service desk to get it resolved. There is a different flight that leaves about the same time as the original one, they try to book me onto it. It is a mess as the computer does not like two seats booked to the same person. They make notes, they give me a boarding pass, I remember to ask about my luggage, as the tag might have some coding about my original flight, I have no idea...
They assure me all will be well.
I have just enough time to pause for a 15 minute shoulder massage as the massage bar (now at a number of airports it seems) I felt that after the day I deserved it.
I go show the counter folks my boarding pass to board and she says, “you know that arm does not go up in that row”. “NO I cry, unacceptable. I try to book the two seats to avoid the issues of my weight ans size. And all I get is this hassle”. They change the seat, it is a light flight anyway. Just as I am settling in, they come back and say, sorry but we would like to move you to a seat up front. Where I ask. First class they say. Okay! I can go with that. It was the least they could do considering....
Sure so we land at Sacramento and...
oh wait, did you know that they now have wifi in flight on some planes? Well they do and I used it to try and let Tory know about the flight change, Candace was on facebook so I connected to her and had her call Tory to be sure about the flight times. Alaska Air has it free at least until the end of July I think it was they said, form Gogo.

Anyway, Today I am waiting for a call from the airline to see where they sent my backpack bag off to, as it was not Sacramento. This is the bigger bag with the dirty smelly viking clothes, my mini video camera, the locks and viking coin sets.....and some of my magic props.....grrrrr I should have known.
The props are what jinxed it, I just know it!
I will be pissed if my bag went somewhere like Hawaii without me. So unless someone grabbed it at the luggage and stole it, it should show up in a day or so. Keep your fingers crossed please. It has my new Icelandic wool cloak in it.
I will say it was wonderful to be able to sleep in my own bed, IN THE DARK, and snuggle my sweetie.
A few more days to recover, sleep, and be sure of no new cold from the flights and all will be well in my world.
Trip details will follow over the next few days as my mind clears and remembers them, and I am awake enough to type without odd letters creeping in!