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It started out as a very stressful morning, with the YD freaking out
because she couldn't find her glasses. Neither could I. The feedback
loop was toxic; I didn't handle it well at all. (They evetually turned up
in the bathroom, on the floor.)
Packing involved some last-minute shopping (Kaiser for a prescription, for
example. All done, though, and we got to the airport nice and early. I
shudder to think what a disaster it would have been if I'd kept my
original tickets for 7am.) Arriving at 3pm and leaving at 5:30 gave us
time enough for snacks and bathroom breaks. I love Southwest -- we
couldn't have done it without the free checked bags. Boarding, with the
scooter down to the plane and an aisle chair thereafter, was a piece of
cake.
We took a cab -- actually a van with a wheelchair ramp in the back -- to
the hotel. Wouldn't have been possible at all without a van; I'll have to
look into van rentals for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
Drafted a "thankful Thursday" list on the plane -- let's hear it for
distributed version control.
We ended up in a suite because they didn't have an accessible room
available. It needed a toilet seat booster (which they didn't know how to
install properly; I was able to figure it out) but will work out fine.
And the hotel was still serving dinner when we got downstairs. Yay! Good
conversations, and Colleen got to meet some new people.
I was worried, but it was a very good day after all.
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