Obummer beats Devin Randle and Kory McKay to a loose ball during a three on three basketball game during a campaign stop in Kokomo, IN, April 25th 2008.
Mom, DD and I dined at the Cracked Barrel last evening. Tracey didn’t join us because she had some last minute errands, laundry and packing to do before her trip this morning to Philadelphia. She will be spending four days in the City of Brotherly Love (a.k.a. Crime Capitol of America). I will be taking her to the airport soon so she can get on a plane at 6:00 this morning. I am supposed to pick her back up on Wednesday evening.
Update: 5:28 a.m. I just got back from dropping Tracey off at the airport. Just before we left this morning I checked the website and her flight number wasn’t there. We went to the airport and discovered her 6:10 a.m. flight had been changed to an 8:00 a.m. flight and her connecting flight from Chicago to Philadelphia had also been changed. Nobody bothered tell us. We should have checked last night and didn’t. So instead of getting there a couple hours early so she can take a nap to get rid of her jet lag —— Tracey will be scrambling to get checked into her room and ready for her first meeting this afternoon. Modern customer service. Charge hundreds of non-refundable dollars for an airplane ride and then change your flight schedule without bothering to tell you.
Update 2:50 p.m. I got a text message from Tracey with the hotel’s phone number so I gave her a call. She filled me in on all the troubles she has had so far. She arrived in Chicago after a half-hour flight and then spent at least another half-hour waiting on the plane to get a terminal space to unload them. She ate breakfast at an airport Thai restaurant which sounded interesting and yucky all the same. Oriental bacon and eggs. When she finally landed in Philly and called the shuttle, the shuttle was late and then they had to wait a long while until there were 10 people to fill the van for the trip to the hotel. And of course her room wasn’t ready so she ended up taking a hike around town for a while. She said she still might get a short nap in though and was setting her bleeper so she could try to snooze for a while. The saga continues ——
MjL 27 Apr 2008, 5:33 a.m.
I got pulled out again to be searched. Why does that always happen to me?
Tracey 27 Apr 2008, 5:57 a.m.
It’s the hair cut —— I said you look like a Romulan! Your hair looks just like Tasha Yar when she was a Romulan and I’m sure all airport screeners are Trekkies and KNOW that Romulans are BAD!
MjL 27 Apr 2008, 6:01 a.m.
Wow, what a morning already you’ve had! We had our yearly open houses at the preschool Friday night and Saturday. Parents, siblings, grandparents...enjoyed tours, art and toys! I introduced myself to a couple of grandmas that belonged to a child in the other classroom. After I said “Legel”, she asked me if I was related to Noah Legel. Of course I said yes! Well, she proceeded to tell me that Noah was a nice talented young man. I guess one of her other grandchildren has Noah an a karate instructor. She had watched Noah or something in the morning yesterday. Sorry Noah, but I don’t know her name or the grandchild that you teach! I got interrupted by one of my kids and their parents. Anyway, good job Noah!
Tammy 27 Apr 2008, 8:43 a.m.
Hi Tammy! Thanks for sharing the news about Noah’s student —— I told him to check out what you said and I could tell he was happy about it. Thanks for sharing!
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