Weekly Blog 10 - Part 4 Picking The Flights

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     Two hours into my search for flights, I realized that what I had printed out as schedules flying IN and flying OUT all had exactly the same flight numbers and times.

    

     Apparently, I reset the computer parameters (TO Tucson FROM Denver, FROM Denver TO Tucson - my head was spinning) and the computer hadn’t redone the search.

     So I threw out 12 pages of  flight times and started over.

     Friday, the plane landed at midnight and the kids would be wild for a minimum 2 days from sleep deprivation.  So that was out. Saturday, prices went way up. Monday, Grampy would have a 5 hour wait between flights. Wednesday, all the flights changed planes in Albuquerque, which I can barely spell. (I think that’s actually what Albuquerque means "word that cannot be spelled")

Eventually with much saying of prayer and grinding of teeth, I picked out flights.

　
　

Weeky Blog 9 - Part 3 Airline Tickets

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     How hard can this be? (Getting airline tickets for 2 small children.) Pretty hard, it turns out.

     I approached this logically and calmly knowing it would be a chore. What I didn’t know is that it would be a &^% pain in the ^&&. (yes, Grammy’s have ^&&’s.) And we know very bad words, too, although I am trying very hard to forget them. Right now, I don’t remember why. They’re so satisfying.




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Weekly Blog 8 - Part 2 Airline Complications

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"How hard can it be?"  Did I actually say that?? Then I probably deserve what happened.
          As it turns out there are complications.

     1) The airline schedulers (as long suspected) are testing new strains of methamphetamines.  At work.

They appear to also be setting schedules and prices via games of pigeon checkers. (Game where the winners are chosen by pigeons pecking on numbers drawn on a canvas sheet.)

                                          

2) The kids can’t travel alone. They’re too friendly, too little, too cute and besides, they will try and drive the plane.

3) I can’t go get them, due to a back condition. So my husband (the adorable Grampy) who is the only one in this house working, has to go get them and take them back.

4) I would rather not refinance the house (again) to pay for the tickets.
5) On December 23^rd, the prices go crazy. I could buy something really nice (like my share of an island) for that money. They’re flying from Denver, not the plant Neptune. It’s an airplane, that runs on fuel, not a rocket ship powered by the spit of downtrodden slaves.  

      The airline apparently knows all this and has set the flight times as far as possible from when I need them.

     Still, all things considered, this should be a walk in the park. I was, after all, a manager for the County and have organized weddings. However, learning the complications has tired me out and I'm ready for my nap.

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Weekly Blog 7 - Part 1- Airline Tickets

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     Many years ago. Maya Angelou wrote the fantastic book,"I know Why the Caged Bird Sings". Today I am doing the research to write my companion book to hers. I’ll call it "I Know Why The Crazed Grandmother Howls".

     My Denver grandchildren want to come see us here in Tucson for Christmas. Not on the Big Day itself of course, but some time during their Christmas vacation. 

     It’s almost 2012. Technology is advanced. Everything is at my fingertips on my netbook. So how difficult can it be to get two very short people round trip tickets?

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