The kids were absolutely wired about flying back to Ottawa. We took them to breakfast and them headed to the airport. Their flight was at 1pm so it was a nice leisurely morning. Made it through check in and security no problem at all. Got to the gate and found out the flight as delayed 30 min. Not bad. It soon turned out to be 60 min.
They finally boarded and we took off. Yes, we are bad parents, but we were parked for 3 hours in a 2 hour spot. Luckily no ticket! We headed home, stopped and picked up some groceries and decided it would be a nice quiet afternoon snuggle dup on the couch.
We were loading the groceries into the car when the cell phone rang – The Girl. It was 2 hours into a 3.5 hour flight. Turns out they hadn’t left yet. There were mechanical problems with the pane and they just took everyone off! I started to panic, but the cool 9 year old told me not to worry, by the time we got back to the airport they would probably already be on another plane. They were fine. I was so proud of her.
We went home and The Girl called again – they had fixed the plane and they were boarding again. Finally! I started to relax and put on my sweats. We sat down and just got the Wii turned on and the phone rang again. Plane broke – flights cancelled. Nothing heading out for the rest of the day – come get your kids. Crap.
The kids were rebooked for Monday but had to connect through Chicago – oh well. Couldn’t be any worse than today.
Changed clothes – back to the airport. Back through security and found the kids at the UM office. They were exhausted but good. Back home – got to the house 11 hours after we had left for breakfast. Long day.
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