April Fools

Do you ever have those moments before a trip where you think you forgot something major, or think you'll oversleep and miss your flight?  Well, awoke at about 4:00 a.m. realizing that I never got my usual email from Delta saying it's time to check in.  I grabbed my blackberry to double check and see if I overlooked it.  Nothing.  Obviously, only logical conclusion was that I must have booked flight on a different day, or perhaps forgot to make that last click on internet to complete my purchase.  Thought this would make for a good post here for April 1, explaining that this trip I've been talking about is not really happening.  Well, with these pleasant thoughts, I wasn't going back to sleep.  So, got up, went to computer, and lo and behold, I do have a ticket on tonight's flight.  Printed boarding pass, and guess I'm out of here tonight.  Arrivederci St. Paul.

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  1. RoaminForumApril 1, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    I take it that by now you are happily drinking a nightcap or catching some sleep during your flight. I kept posting under your first entry on this blog, so some of the travel info I said I'd get to you is posted there. I'm bouncing off the walls excited for you, Giuseppe! A presto.

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