Tuesday, July 30, 2013. I felt great when I got up and got to work. Got lots done. Then I told Lynda K. in the Head of School's office about my fall, and she asked me if I completed an incident report (I hadn't). She said I should, so the long and short of it is that I did. Jane B., the nurse in the Medical Center, made me go over to the care center in the industrial park to be seen by a physician since I was going to be away for vacation (and out of the country where the medical care, should something come up, may not be as good). That took an hour and a half of the time I was planning to get stuff done in the office, but I must say that the doctor (Dr. Anderson) was wonderful. What a nice person she was! I just have contusions.
I got back to the office, finished up a few more things and headed out a little after 1:00 (I had worked extra time on other days so I could leave early). I got home and Peter still hadn't taken a shower and he had 10 minutes left for his clothes in the dryer. What's up with that!!! Talk about waiting until the last half hour to get done!!!
As usual, Bob and Sharon got there early. I was so grateful that they could drive us to the airport.
Luggage: I have to talk about luggage. I always travel as light as possible. I was going to just take my carry-on (but have it put on the plane), but because I had to take a pillow, sheets, and a towel, I had to take a size larger. Peter, on the other hand, has two suitcases! Can you believe that?
We get to the airport in plenty of time. The Delta guy couldn't assign a seat for me, so I was going to take care of that at the gate in Atlanta. While we were waiting, I bought Peter and me hamburgers at Johnny Rocket's there in the airport. Well...I have to say that it was the worst hamburger I ever ate in my life. It was cold, I asked for extra pickles and got one, the roll was stale (so bad that I didn't eat it). Awful. Peter got some kind of double bacon cheeseburger and ate the whole thing, but it didn't look very appetizing to me. We also got a shake (strawberry at Peter's request) and it was so sweet that I didn't like it. Those three little things cost over $20!
Our plane boarded with no problem and we landed in Atlanta on time. We get to the gate for our flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and there was no room for me on the plane. They had overbooked the flight. Peter had a seat but we were waiting for me to get one. The girl at the counter handed me a boarding pass and we were on! We were so excited. The plane was full of kids, and I found out that they were going home from a school trip to Disney World. No wonder there was no room! I was standing by my seat when a woman comes up and says that this was her seat. I said, "No, it's mine." Well, the steward took our tickets and found that the name on my boarding pass was hers, not mine. So I had to get off the flight. Peter came off too because he wasn't going to leave me behind knowing how large the Sao Paulo Airport is and how no one speaks English there. Also, if there were problems with connecting flights, weather, etc. he would have no way of finding me (and I didn't have Josy's address or phone number, which wouldn't have worked anyway because my phone doesn't work in Brazil).
So, here we are. A woman whose parents were having a 50th anniversary tomorrow got Peter's seat (a good thing). I got some cash, a hotel room, and meal vouchers, which was good for me. Peter got nothing because he had a seat and chose to get off the plane. Delta was nice because they didn't charge him to get him on another flight. They said that was very nice of him not to leave me behind...what a nice son!
Peter was really fuming about this. He wants to be in Brazil at the right time and see Josy. I understand that...but being grouchy doesn't do anyone any good.
I felt bad for another guy who wasn't able to go on his business trip. He said that he didn't know that you needed a visa to go to Brazil. So, things can always be worse.
We went out to catch the hotel shuttle (we're at the Airport Westin Hotel (it's very nice). We got to bed around 12:30 a.m.
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