Only to me!!

So there has been a flight delay. Ready?

My family and I get to the airport in due time, only to be greeted by "you know that your 1:30 flight is now scheduled to depart at 5:30?" Excuuuuse me? This little time difference results in my arriving in Tokyo too late, missing my connecting flight to Taiwan and I now get to spend the night in a hotel, and all of the next day, only to leave the following night and, oh yea, Lee is waiting there for me on the other end without a clue!!

So there was a mild freak out. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so I did both, and then we got passed along from one department to another, to another, as nobody wanted to answer any of our questions or find an alternative. After speaking with the Departures Manager it has been decided that there are no alternatives, piss off, and so we turned and came back home to wait 4 hours before going back.

When I got home there was a message from AirCanada informing me of my flight delay :o) AND there was another message, saying that there is an alternative route leaving from Vancouver and would I like to call and re-schedule? Thanks AirCanada for letting me know when I was there! So after calling and waiting on hold for 35 minutes to reach a human being, my new route is to leave Toronto Sunday night, to Vancouver, then leave there at 1:30 am and get to Taipei 5:10am Tuesday morning, instead of the previous 8:30 at night arrival time. No hotels, no baggage claims, and 12 hours of my life back! Thank you very much!! So I called Lee's mom (on her birthday!!) and gave her the details, incase Lee calls... and e-mailed Lee and our boss Penny in Taiwan to notify them of the changes.

This has all been very exhausting and frustrating, and now all I can do is hope for the best! So please wish me luck, and I will let you know how this all turns out on the other end... A great start, dontcha think!?