I must be getting senile.

I almost always take a red eye back to Florida from LA, so I've been going merrily along for the past few days thinking I had a flight tonight. Well, when I logged on this morning to see if I could improve my seat, I discovered that my reservation was cancelled. Why? Because I was supposed to leave this morning.

No credit for the ticket. The only way to get back without buying a one-way is to go standby. So I'm off to LAX, with hope in my heart for a seat on a plane to Dallas, and then hoping I won't get stuck in Dallas because there's nothing available to Fort Lauderdale (the flight I missed was a non-stop that would have had me in about three this afternoon).

Probably no blogging for the rest of the day, unless there's wireless in a terminal.

ROAD TRIP!

Sounds like a story to be told when you finally arrive home.

Whoops! I hate it when that happens...

I still remember the $500 time it happened to me.

I got off lucky. When I got to the airport, they let me buy a seat back for twenty-five bucks. I got in about eleven. It helps to be an elite customer of an airline.

So much for the character building experience.

I don't need no stinkin' character-building experiences...

Rand, how was your trip? Was it perfect?

Fortunately, when I checked out yesterday, they were too busy with other fire drills to ask me if my stay was perfect. However, when I checked my voicemail, the message did express hope that I had a perfect stay, and asked me to please tell them how it could have been even more perfect.

The trip was good.

::eyes rolling:: "More Perfect"? Who taught these people the english language and comprehension?