Almost, But Not Quite!

April 06, 2018

Well, today is the day! Off to Oakland! We loaded up the rental TRUCK that will got with nine pieces of luggage, a baby, two cats, a mom, and Will and myself! oofta! Will dropped us off at the airport, we got everything through check in and security (how did we do that?!) and made it to our gate. Now we just wait patiently until we board soon. Right?! Not quite . . . As we're waiting we see "delayed." A while later, still delayed. And a while later, cancelled! WHAT?! Due to a computer issue and not having the right part on island they cancelled our flight! Now let me also preface this situation with the fact that there is only ONE airline that will let us fly with our cats, and it's Spring Break so even when we booked our flights over a month ago we got the last few seats on this flight and the weekend flights were completely booked. So my heart sank. I knew this was not good. (And Will was to be in the Midwest on Monday for a work trip!). After hours of waiting in line and trying to work out alternate plans, Will got a new flight for the next day so he could get to the Midwest, but Mom and I were stuck for five days! That's right, no open seats for five days! So we packed everything up, got our nine pieces of luggage from baggage claim, and went back to the rental car station to get a new car. Then it was off to the Airport Best Western for four long nights. It was interesting being in a dark hotel room with your mom, baby, and two cats while you're inbetween homes. Though we still have so much to be thankful for, it was a dark time literally and figuratively! But my mom and I made the best out of it and I have no idea how I would have gotten through this without her! She is the best ever! Over those few days we tried to do things at least one of us hadn't done before. We went to Ala Moana mall, The Bishop Museum, the Queen Emma Summer Palace, and had a beautiful evening walk at Ala Moana Beach Park and Magic Island on second last night in Hawai`i.