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[docsoliday1]

Evening all,

Little bit slow on the draw there @declansdad

 

[pkondz]

No, I have not....or if I have, I forget.

 

[declansdad]

Little bit slow on the draw there @declansdad

as long as I get it posted on Wednesday, all is good.

 

[jaqsdad]

It's April 7. On this day, I remind everyone to make sure you tell your kids you love them as you never know where life will take you.

Currently at Disney. Yes, we were stuck in the airline mess on Saturday and finally arrive on Monday. I'll tell the story when I get home, but suffice to say it was a reenactment of Trains, Plains, and Automobiles.

Dinner at Sebastian's Bistro tonight and Epcot tomorrow.

 

[pkondz]

It's April 7. On this day, I remind everyone to make sure you tell your kids you love them as you never know where life will take you.

May I ask what the significance of April 7 is?

I'll tell the story when I get home, but suffice to say it was a reenactment of Trains, Plains, and Automobiles.

Ouch.
But you're there now! Have a great time!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Currently at Disney. Yes, we were stuck in the airline mess on Saturday and finally arrive on Monday. I'll tell the story when I get home, but suffice to say it was a reenactment of Trains, Plains, and Automobiles.

Dinner at Sebastian's Bistro tonight and Epcot tomorrow.

Have a great time. Heard about the airline mess. That's just brutal.

 

[declansdad]

It's April 7. On this day, I remind everyone to make sure you tell your kids you love them as you never know where life will take you.

Currently at Disney. Yes, we were stuck in the airline mess on Saturday and finally arrive on Monday. I'll tell the story when I get home, but suffice to say it was a reenactment of Trains, Plains, and Automobiles.

Dinner at Sebastian's Bistro tonight and Epcot tomorrow.

Hope you have a great time.

 

[pkondz]

Whelp... I'm off work for a while.
Youngest's DD's boyfriend tested positive a few days ago... and now DD has tested positive. Had to call my manager and barring any further developments, I'm off work until at least April 13th. Presume the rest of the family has a pretty good chance of catching it now too. Just a matter of time, but... you still hope you can dodge that one, ya know?

 

[docsoliday1]

Well....
Good and bad

Good that you got some time off, but bad money wise and the manner in which you got the time off.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Whelp... I'm off work for a while.
Youngest's DD's boyfriend tested positive a few days ago... and now DD has tested positive. Had to call my manager and barring any further developments, I'm off work until at least April 13th. Presume the rest of the family has a pretty good chance of catching it now too. Just a matter of time, but... you still hope you can dodge that one, ya know?

Congratulations?

Hope everyone gets through with mild/no symptoms.

 

[jaqsdad]

May I ask what the significance of April 7 is?

The photo in my profile shows my daughter (The Kid) and son (The Boy). This photo was taken in 2015. On April 7, 2015, we lost The Boy at only 7 months old. After a long investigation, it was determined he suffered great trauma at the hands of his babysitter (who was a close personal friend). She is now in prison for life and I always remind people on April 7 to tell your kids you love them one more time.

Heard about the airline mess. That's just brutal.

Brutal doesn't begin to describe it.

We left on a JetBlue red-eye flight Friday night with a layover at JFK. What was supposed to be a 3 hour layover turned into a 13.5 hour delay before they cancelled the flight altogether. I got an email every 30 minutes letting us know the flight was still on, just delayed. Our plane was supposed to come from Orland and go back to Orlando with us on it. We were supposed to take off at 11 AM. About 11 PM, we were given meal vouchers (the food court closed at about 10). At about 1:30, they finally cancelled the flight with nothing more than a good luck as they couldn't get us on a later flight unless we wanted to wait until Thursday or Friday. It took about 3 hours to get our bags.

We stayed at a hotel near JFK overnight and in the morning checked our options. There weren't any seats on any airlines into Florida at all, the closest we could get was Atlanta on Delta from Newark. So, we took an Uber from JFK to Newark and the nice lady was able to put us on standby for a flight leaving withing the hour.

Once in Atlanta, there weren't any rental cars available in the state of Georgia, so we stayed at the Embassy Suites near the airport (highly recommend). The next day (Monday) I was able to get a U-Haul and we drove a U-Haul from Atlanta to Orlando. Not the most comfortable ride but if we wanted to get here, that was the only way.

Upon check in at the offsite Comfort Inn, they had closed my reservation even though I had called each day to provide an update and they ensured they would not cancel my rooms. The manager was great though, and was able to work some magic between them, Priceline, and the other powers that be and we were able to check in.

We left The Kid to take a nap while we returned the U-Haul and pick up the rental car from MCO. There were only 2 people working rental car counter and a huge line (I couldn't use Fastbreak as I was now 2 days late). After 2 hours in line, I was able to secure an economy car when I reserved a full size (oh will, it has 4 wheels and a motor)

We're here now and having a good time. I only hope and pray JetBlue has been able to get the schedule fixed before we have to leave on Sunday.



Oh, and we were only given $300 travel credit on JetBlue for our troubles....

I will be filling out the survey as well. I understand the weather delayed flights, but had we known before 1:30 on a Sunday morning, I may have decided much earlier to take an alternate course of action. In my mind, 13 hours delay isn't excessive, it is absurd.

 

[pkondz]

Morning, gents.
Still feel fine, although I don't know for how long...
DD texted me at 6:30am to tell me she'd taken some Advil. Why she felt the need to tell me right then, I don't know. Sounds like she's under the weather, but surviving. (Haven't seen her yet this morning.)

Well....
Good and bad

Good that you got some time off, but bad money wise and the manner in which you got the time off.

Actually... we get paid time off, so I'm only losing on the little bit of weekend pay or evening/night pay we get over and above our salary. That's only a buck or two an hour, so I'll live... depending on what happens with Covid.

DD's boyfriend (whom we assume she caught hers from) has had it for about 4 days and said he was starting to feel better, so... fingers crossed she (and possibly we) will have similar trajectories.

Congratulations?

Hope everyone gets through with mild/no symptoms.

Thanks. Too early to say, but... based on DD's boyfriend's experience, I'm hopeful that whoever in our house gets it, will be feeling better in a few days.

The photo in my profile shows my daughter (The Kid) and son (The Boy). This photo was taken in 2015. On April 7, 2015, we lost The Boy at only 7 months old. After a long investigation, it was determined he suffered great trauma at the hands of his babysitter (who was a close personal friend). She is now in prison for life and I always remind people on April 7 to tell your kids you love them one more time.

That's horrible! I'm so sorry for your loss. Absolutely devastating.

About 11 PM, we were given meal vouchers (the food court closed at about 10).

The next day (Monday) I was able to get a U-Haul and we drove a U-Haul from Atlanta to Orlando. Not the most comfortable ride but if we wanted to get here, that was the only way.

Yikes! But... you do what you gotta do.

Oh, and we were only given $300 travel credit on JetBlue for our troubles....

Oh, come on.

What an ordeal! Oy!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

The photo in my profile shows my daughter (The Kid) and son (The Boy). This photo was taken in 2015. On April 7, 2015, we lost The Boy at only 7 months old. After a long investigation, it was determined he suffered great trauma at the hands of his babysitter (who was a close personal friend). She is now in prison for life and I always remind people on April 7 to tell your kids you love them one more time.

Oh my goodness! I don't even have the words. I'm so sorry this happened.

Brutal doesn't begin to describe it.

Why do airlines hate us so much? Every time there is a cancellation they act like it's the first time they've ever had to deal with something like that.

 

[declansdad]

Whelp... I'm off work for a while.
Youngest's DD's boyfriend tested positive a few days ago... and now DD has tested positive. Had to call my manager and barring any further developments, I'm off work until at least April 13th. Presume the rest of the family has a pretty good chance of catching it now too. Just a matter of time, but... you still hope you can dodge that one, ya know?

Did you test positive as well?

 

[declansdad]

The photo in my profile shows my daughter (The Kid) and son (The Boy). This photo was taken in 2015. On April 7, 2015, we lost The Boy at only 7 months old. After a long investigation, it was determined he suffered great trauma at the hands of his babysitter (who was a close personal friend). She is now in prison for life and I always remind people on April 7 to tell your kids you love them one more time.

Wow, I am so sorry.

 

[pkondz]

Did you test positive as well?

Haven't tested myself as I'm symptom free at the moment.

 

[pkondz]

Morning, gents.
Still symptom free, so that's good.
Eldest DD's 25th birthday today. How did a quarter century go by???

 

[declansdad]

Morning all.

Just watching the Australian F1 race we PVR'ed last night. 2 a.m. start is not conducive to watching it live. It is an entertaining race with a finish that makes me happy.

 

[pkondz]

Morning all.

Just watching the Australian F1 race we PVR'ed last night. 2 a.m. start is not conducive to watching it live. It is an entertaining race with a finish that makes me happy.

Just finished watching it. Not a bad race.

 

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