No Vacation will ever go off w/o a hitch.

When you go on vacation, you expect a couple of bumps in the road. I arranged a Disneyland trip through Priceline.com. Travel day comes up and I am a huge stressball (prozac was not enough today) also known as testing my sobriety. We arrive at the Oakland international airport with plenty of time to spare. Alaska Airlines tels us the flight is delayed out of Seattle due to weather. And the flight will be delayed ~3 hrs. we are cool with a takeoff of 9pm and go to wait for the flight. The plane arrives at 12:30 AM and announces that due to a curfew at Anaheim that starts at 9pm they cannot land at SNA and tell us that we are now going to LAX. We arrive at LAX at 2:00 am and are left to our own devices. I am not upset about the delay. What pissed me off is they knew what was going to happen with the airport closure and refused to tell the passengers that they were going to be stranded and by the time we found out what was going on it was 2:00 in the morning and we would have been able to make adjustments to our plans to compensate for the change in destination.

The rest of the vacation went wonderfully and were luckier than those who are stuck with the Denver weather mess.

4 out of the 5 voices in my head agree that I am not schizophrenic.

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Ahh. The holidays. The warmth of kith and kin. The smell of roasted poultry on the barbeque. Oh yea and the cat showing up on the doorstep with a 2 inch gash on the front of his neck, reminding me of a bad "B" movie scene. Our 18 year old cat.... We only have 3 cats, 2 dogs, and 3 hermit crabs. But I digress. This cat, which my wife has had longer than me. Had survived her first marriage and her first husband (died later..... liver failure, you can figure it out for yourself). Where was I, oh yea. Sunday, this shit always happens on the weekends, when the real vet is off doing whatever it is that veterinarians do on the weekends. Where was I, oh yea the cat . Mother in law comes in and announces. "Harley has a cut on his neck, I guess it is time for the big shot". I shit you not. I am actually editing it for believability, because what she really said was even more outrageous. My wife is at the point of tears (I hope she is this emotional when I kick it) and her mom " Bitchy McCuntlips" shoots something like that at us. Needless to say Stacey went thermonuclear on her buttocks over the comment. and I am busy just picking my jaw off the floor. Long story short:

Trip to Vet: $600.00

Mother in laws contribution after feeling guilty about comments made without thinking: $300.00

Finally able to throw back some guilt that she has flung on us since she moved in 7 years ago: Priceless

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