Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego through a series of
fortunate events...let me tell you, folks, this is the way to kick off the
New Year! First, despite the cold winds, our flight left Maine on time
contrary to the predictions of several people at the airport. We had a short
layover in Detroit, during which I noticed that the seats assigned to my
daughter and I were not the ones we'd chosen when we booked the
flight...they were several rows apart. Not being a very experienced flyer,
and being 14 (kind of says it all, doesn't it?) she was adamant about
sitting together, so I asked the kindly Miss Joanne at the check in counter
if she could work some magic and get us into two adjoining seats. She
mumbled something about the flight being completely full, tapped her keys
for several minutes, and produced to boarding passes which now had us seated
in first class...and wished us a Happy New Year! We were delighted, as it's
a long flight and it was very nice to have the additional legroom.

About 15 minutes after take-off things took a turn. They announced that due
to the heavy fog in San Diego, we were being diverted to Los Angeles for a
couple hours. If the fog hadn't abated enough by then, we'd be put on a bus.
Ugh. Then, in keeping with the tremendously bountiful day, we were bestowed
another gift...about 45 minutes prior to landing they announced the fog had
dissipated enough that we were going to land in San Diego after all! I can't
tell you how happy we were.

Happy New Year everyone...I hope yours is filled with luck and joy.


kimberly
http://eating-sandiego.blogspot.com
Will be posting about Maine and such soon!

"Nexis" ha scritto nel messaggio

Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego through a series of
> fortunate events
> kimberly

Maybe this foretells your 2009? Hope so! Shall look forward to hearing
about what you did and ate.

> Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego through a
> series of fortunate events...let me tell you, folks, this is the way
> to kick off the New Year!

Yay! I was concerned how your trip there went.

> We had a short layover in Detroit, during which I
> noticed that the seats assigned to my daughter and I were not the
> ones we'd chosen when we booked the flight...they were several rows
> apart. Not being a very experienced flyer, and being 14 (kind of says
> it all, doesn't it?) she was adamant about sitting together,

Of course she was. Even non-14 year olds generally choose
to sit together on a flight.

> so I
> asked the kindly Miss Joanne at the check in counter if she could
> work some magic and get us into two adjoining seats. She mumbled
> something about the flight being completely full, tapped her keys for
> several minutes, and produced to boarding passes which now had us
> seated in first class...and wished us a Happy New Year!

Awesome!!! That only happened to me once, the guy at the
gate said Happy Easter. This was confusing because ... well,
it wasn't Easter morning or anything. Then I noticed Row 4.
Woo Hoo!

> We were
> delighted, as it's a long flight and it was very nice to have the
> additional legroom.

It's a very relaxing way to fly.

> About 15 minutes after take-off things took a turn. They announced
> that due to the heavy fog in San Diego, we were being diverted to Los
> Angeles for a couple hours. If the fog hadn't abated enough by then,
> we'd be put on a bus. Ugh. Then, in keeping with the tremendously
> bountiful day, we were bestowed another gift...about 45 minutes prior
> to landing they announced the fog had dissipated enough that we were
> going to land in San Diego after all! I can't tell you how happy we
> were.

You would have been happy to wind up in San Diego as your
original destination, but to find out you were going to be diverted,
going to SD turned into a great thing! Funny how that works.

> Happy New Year everyone...I hope yours is filled with luck and joy.

You too, and I hope your Christmas vacation went well.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>> Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego through a
>> series of fortunate events...let me tell you, folks, this is the way
>> to kick off the New Year!
>
> Yay! I was concerned how your trip there went.
>
>> We had a short layover in Detroit, during which I
>> noticed that the seats assigned to my daughter and I were not the
>> ones we'd chosen when we booked the flight...they were several rows
>> apart. Not being a very experienced flyer, and being 14 (kind of says
>> it all, doesn't it?) she was adamant about sitting together,
>
> Of course she was. Even non-14 year olds generally choose
> to sit together on a flight.
>
>> so I
>> asked the kindly Miss Joanne at the check in counter if she could
>> work some magic and get us into two adjoining seats. She mumbled
>> something about the flight being completely full, tapped her keys for
>> several minutes, and produced to boarding passes which now had us
>> seated in first class...and wished us a Happy New Year!
>
> Awesome!!! That only happened to me once, the guy at the gate said Happy
> Easter. This was confusing because ... well,
> it wasn't Easter morning or anything. Then I noticed Row 4.
> Woo Hoo!
>
>> We were
>> delighted, as it's a long flight and it was very nice to have the
>> additional legroom.
>
> It's a very relaxing way to fly.
>
>> About 15 minutes after take-off things took a turn. They announced
>> that due to the heavy fog in San Diego, we were being diverted to Los
>> Angeles for a couple hours. If the fog hadn't abated enough by then,
>> we'd be put on a bus. Ugh. Then, in keeping with the tremendously
>> bountiful day, we were bestowed another gift...about 45 minutes prior
>> to landing they announced the fog had dissipated enough that we were
>> going to land in San Diego after all! I can't tell you how happy we
>> were.
>
> You would have been happy to wind up in San Diego as your
> original destination, but to find out you were going to be diverted,
> going to SD turned into a great thing! Funny how that works.
>> Happy New Year everyone...I hope yours is filled with luck and joy.
>
> You too, and I hope your Christmas vacation went well.
>
> nancy

Took us 26 hours to get from Lihue, Kauai to Las Vegas, NV. Overbooked late
planes, a sprint through LAX dragging carryons trying to make a connection
followed by a near collapse, hours of waiting in lines we didn't need to be
in, LAX to Fresno to LV on a turboprop, and rude airline employees. Not the
funnest trip, but Kauai was splendid.

All's well that ends well. Asleep at 10 on NYE.

Steve

On Fri 02 Jan 2009 01:30:17a, Nexis told us...

> Happy New Year everyone...I hope yours is filled with luck and joy.
>
>
> kimberly
>

It's good to have you back, Kimberly!

Happy New Year!

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On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:30:17 -0800, "Nexis" > wrote:

>Happy New Year everyone...I hope yours is filled with luck and joy.

Happy New Year, Kimberly! I'm glad you had such a fortuitous
beginning to yours.

Carol

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Nexis wrote:
> Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego through a series of
> fortunate events...let me tell you, folks, this is the way to kick off the
> New Year! First, despite the cold winds, our flight left Maine on time
> contrary to the predictions of several people at the airport. We had a short
> layover in Detroit, during which I noticed that the seats assigned to my
> daughter and I were not the ones we'd chosen when we booked the
> flight...they were several rows apart. Not being a very experienced flyer,
> and being 14 (kind of says it all, doesn't it?) she was adamant about
> sitting together, so I asked the kindly Miss Joanne at the check in counter
> if she could work some magic and get us into two adjoining seats. She
> mumbled something about the flight being completely full, tapped her keys
> for several minutes, and produced to boarding passes which now had us seated
> in first class...and wished us a Happy New Year! We were delighted, as it's
> a long flight and it was very nice to have the additional legroom.
>


WOw! The downside: once you have flown first class (especially a free
upgrade) it's hard to rejoin the Common Folk. Loverly, though, isn't it?

Glad you made it home safely. Where's the Maine update?

gloria p

On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:30:17 -0800, "Nexis" > wrote:

>Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego.

snippage.

Welcome home and Happy New Year.

koko
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www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 12/31

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
...
> Nexis wrote:
>> Daughter and I returned tonight to our home in San Diego through a series
>> of fortunate events...let me tell you, folks, this is the way to kick off
>> the New Year! First, despite the cold winds, our flight left Maine on
>> time contrary to the predictions of several people at the airport. We had
>> a short layover in Detroit, during which I noticed that the seats
>> assigned to my daughter and I were not the ones we'd chosen when we
>> booked the flight...they were several rows apart. Not being a very
>> experienced flyer, and being 14 (kind of says it all, doesn't it?) she
>> was adamant about sitting together, so I asked the kindly Miss Joanne at
>> the check in counter if she could work some magic and get us into two
>> adjoining seats. She mumbled something about the flight being completely
>> full, tapped her keys for several minutes, and produced to boarding
>> passes which now had us seated in first class...and wished us a Happy New
>> Year! We were delighted, as it's a long flight and it was very nice to
>> have the additional legroom.
>>
>
>
> WOw! The downside: once you have flown first class (especially a free
> upgrade) it's hard to rejoin the Common Folk. Loverly, though, isn't it?
>
> Glad you made it home safely. Where's the Maine update?
>
> gloria p

I posted some on my blog already: http://eating-sandiego.blogspot.com
I'll post more soon, also

Thanks

kimberly
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