"I'm going home..."

After two hours of frustration on the phone with Delta and Bank of America, and three (yes, three) plane tickets later, I finally have ONE plane ticket to come home. It is a long story, so I'll try to be brief. I attempted to buy a plane ticket off of Delta.com. Not usually a hard task, since I have managed to do it in the past. However (comma), there was a problem with Delta's website. When I put in my credit card number, they told me the ID was wrong. I tried again. Then they told me the number was wrong. I tried again. Then they told me to just use a different card. So I called my credit card company (Bank of America). And they informed me that my card was working just fine, as I managed to purchase THREE plane tickets for the grand total of $1300.00 of pending charges on my card! Excuse me?! Ok, well I only need one, so can you take two off...No, you need to call Delta and get them to do that. So I call Delta. Delta tells me that I didn't buy any tickets, and even if I did the bank would have to remove them...Hmmmm. Ok. I call Bank of America back. They say no, you bought three tickets, I see them here and Delta has to remove them. So the nice lady at Bank of America decides to call Delta to straighten it all out. I am on three-way and listen to them go back and forth. Finally, Delta orders me one ticket and Bank of America removes the other three...Wow. That was difficult. So the ending result is that Olivia and I will soon be in New York! We come in about 10:30 pm on Monday, August 4th. And we'll stay for two weeks. We leave on Monday, August 18th. On the 18th Olivia and I will fly back to Valdosta for a couple days. On Thursday the 21st, we leave Valdosta at 6:30 AM to fly to Atlanta to catch our flight to Japan. It will be a straight flight from Atlanta to Japan, 14 hours, with a baby...Yikes.

And if you haven't heard the other story, Mike doesn't get to come home with us. He has to attend a class in Nebraska to learn about the new plane he will be working on in Japan. So, he will leave Valdosta on Sunday, August 3rd. And we won't see him until the 21st when we are leaving to go to Japan in Atlanta Airport. I know, it's crazy. But that's our life!