Jay and I were supposed to leave on our trip to Ireland and Dublin on Sunday, but Hurricane Debby had other ideas. We dropped out dog Zack and cat Max off at their kennel Saturday morning and then drove to my brother’s house to leave our other cat Pepper. Early Sunday morning, I was notified that our plane was delayed from departing at 3:38 to departing at 4:51. We were flying from Tallahassee to Charlotte to London Heathrow to Edinburgh. Delaying our flight was not a problem, because we had a long layover in Charlotte.
Sunday, we packed my car to go to the airport. I backed my car out of the driveway and started down our road. We are about 40 minutes from the airport. I noticed that my tire pressure gauge was on but ignored it because it malfunctions. This time though something felt off, so I stopped the car and checked my tires. Yep, the driver’s side rear tire was flat. I turned the car around and slowly drove back to my house. We had put Jay’s car in the garage and manually closed the garage door. The garage door has to be manually opened and closed because it does not work properly. We went in the house to the garage and manually opened the garage door. We unloaded everything out of my car and put it in Jay’s. I then backed Jay’s car out of the garage and drove my car into the garage. We again manually closed the garage door and walked back through the house to the front door to exit the house. We got in Jay’s car, and he pointed out that he needed gas, so we drove to the gas station and had to wait for an empty pump, people were filling up their cars, because the hurricane was coming. After getting gas we drove to the airport.
At the airport, we were able to check in and get our luggage tags. We both have TSA Precheck, so it was a breeze going through security. We found our gate to wait for our plane. About five minutes later, I got a notification that our flight to Charlotte had been cancelled. I went back to the check in counter to try and get rebooked. The clerk was not able to help me and gave me a card with a number to call. I called the number and was able to get rebooked on a flight that was to leave around 3 on Monday. I did not think we would be able to take that flight, because the hurricane was due to hit our area on Monday morning. Yep, when I woke up on Monday, I was notified that my flight had been cancelled and we were rebooked on a flight leaving Tuesday at 5 PM and we would arrive in Edinburgh on Wednesday around 1 PM. This means that instead of staying 3 nights in Edinburgh, we would only be there for one night. We also had tickets for the Royal Tattoo on Tuesday night, which we would now miss.
Let’s hope that we will be able to leave on Tuesday.
