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I'm in Seattle for a little vacation. Went to the "Bite of Seattle" at the Seattle Center today. That was unexpected, as my brother and I just wanted to go to the Space Needle. Instead, we walked around the festival grounds, got some beers, and listened to some of the local artists rocking out. We also met up with our parents for a bit who are vacationing up here, separately, too. Bit of a nice surprise for our mom. This was my first time here; it's a cool place!
Now I'm trying to get home, which is proving a little tougher due to IT issues stemming from Friday. My airline, Delta, has been heavily affected. I was supposed to go home Saturday, but flight got cancelled. Now I'm supposed to leave today, Sunday, but I'm getting nervous. Feel like my flight will get cancelled again. Or my connecting flight home will get cancelled, leaving me stranded in another city So yeah. Nothing like a relaxing, chill vacation ending in some mild anxiety!
Ah well, I'll get home eventually, one way or another.
The irony of having incredibly great, and incredibly terrible timing! Thankfully all things considered it's a pretty safe way to experience some fun traveling! Let the job know, have someone check in on any pets back home -- everything will work out alright and you've got yourself an extra day to experience some new stuff! May not be ideal but it can still be fun!
Well the extra time on Saturday and Sunday morning was fine. But then it turned into a rolling delay fest for about 10hrs. I was at the airport at like 10am on Sunday, flight was supposed to leave a 1:30p, and it was finally cancelled around 11pm. So I've been here for an extra two days, without much other than my laptop, phone, and 1 extra pair of clothes that I always bring on my carry-on (my checked baggage made it home Sunday night/Monday morning, go figure).
But at least I was able to find a reasonably priced hotel. And a ticket out on another airline, which I'm boarding in about 10min.
Delta is going to be paying me back a lot of money...I'm up to about $1500 in unexpected travel expenses.