Day 71

DR Day 1:

SATURDAY
12:01 AM- Bags are packed. Excited to go to the DR. Can't sleep.

2:00- Dog wants up on the bed. Wakes me up.

2:30- Can't fall back asleep. Alarm will ring in 1/2 hour. I get up and start getting ready to leave.

3:45- Leave for Wichita.

4:25- Arrive at airport. Drive in is amazing at this time in the morning. No stops to speak of.

4:30- Delta's check-in area is crazy. Long lines that don't move. Seems there are 4 people working, but only one guy knows what to do.

4:55- Kiosk won't let me finish the check-in process. The one guy who knows what to do helps me. He gets our baggage tickets printed and our bags on the conveyor to the plane.

5:00- He can't get our boarding passes to print.

5:10- He can't get our boarding passes to print.

5:20- He can't get our boarding passes to print.

5:35- Our plane left at 5:30. He finally decides to call someone. I bought our tickets back in February. Since then I was assigned a new credit card. Even though I had a passport, driver's license and credit card, he said the computer wanted my old credit card and wouldn't print boarding pass. He put us on the same itinerary for tomorrow (Sunday).

Unbelievable. Our bags are in Santo Domingo and we are in Wichita. I told him with a smile that I would swear at him if I thought it would do any good. We laughed.

At the time, for some reason, I didn't get mad or yell or even stressed. Not sure why. It was just so bizarre and there was really no one competent enough working to be mad at.

9:00 PM- Now the disappointment has set in. We were suppose to hang out by the pool in Santo Domingo this afternoon. Have supper with the group we are meeting. Go to the Prince of Peace church tomorrow. Now there is no one meeting us at the aiport tomorrow. We will have to take a taxi from the airport to the bus stop and ride on our own out to San Juan. Guess it is adventure. But my reality isn't meeting my expectations which makes me sad. In the big picture of life, this probably isn't a big deal, but it sucks right now.

At 3:00 AM we'll try this all over again.