Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Grounded

Our flight to Brazil is delayed (an estimated) 5 hours. Which means it will (supposedly) leave at 2 am bringing my layover time in Houston to 8 hours. So, instead of flying the 10 hours when Pedro is normally sleeping, I will only be traveling for 5 sleeping hours (if I'm lucky).

Not good.

Thank goodness my dad is with us. We are all at a hotel close to the airport. We just ordered Chinese food.

The worst thing is that because it is an "estimated" time delay, they could change it at a moments notice, so I can't even get a few hours of sleep because I have to keep checking the status.

Grrrrrr.

On the bright side (forcing myself here to be positive) first flight was really easy; Pedro slept about 1 hour and 15 minutes of the 2 hour flight. And, I have my dad here. And my toothbrush. And I have an Internet connection.

8 comments:

Janice said...

Oh crap. Good luck.

Stephanie said...

Ugh! How frustrating! Good luck! Im keeping my fingers crossed for you! But yay for toothbrushes when traveling!

lizzy-loo said...

ohh, so sorry about the layover. buy some color wonder products and mighty world toys. wonderful for the plane. good luck, you can do it!

Ballerina Girl said...

aw man....it's never without flaws is it?! these airlines, and planes, and delays...so frustrating!
we'll still be waiting :)
BG

Unknown said...

I'm liking the positive attitude during this frustrating delay...the internet connection is very important! :-) I'm glad your dad is with you.

andalucy said...

Oh no! I hope it turns out okay. Good luck!

Kari said...

Gabriela, you're awesome. I'll keep chanting positive thoughts in your direction!

Anonymous said...

This is late and you're probably on the plane or in Brazil by now. Hope it went well and you're trip was easy.