a big BOO BOO

Larry called me while ago completely panicked.  He got out the airline ticket confirmation emails & realized he'd made a huge error when he bought them 3 months ago.  The return tickets have the wrong date on them.  And they're non-refundable tickets.  We're stuck with 5 useless tickets for the return trip & no way back.  He called expedia & the airline to try to find out if there is anything they can do, but since he confirmed the tickets a long time ago, their hands are tied.  The only way we can come home by airplane is to buy 5 new tickets to the tune of about $3000!  One airline offered first class tickets for the price...which might be fun, but 3grand!  Ouch!  We've determined that we can drive home cheaper, so our vacation is going to get extended by a couple of days.  We've got a rental car to use while we're in L.A., but that company doesn't allow their cars out of the area, so we've already contacted another company & reserved another vehicle to drive home.  It's about 1500 miles.  We'll return that one to the DFW area when we get back.

 

Ugh...what a mess.  That means packing a little more, spending a lot more....but ya know, I'm determined that God took us off that return flight for a reason.  Maybe the plane is going to crash or maybe one of the kids will be horribly airsick.  Or maybe a thousand other things.  There's got to be a reason for this.  And besides, we'll get to spend an extra couple days on vacation, we'll get to drive through 2 states we've never seen (Arizona & New Mexico) and we'll get to spend 2 more nights in 2 more hotels (the kids are THRILLED about this part!).  So....it could be worse.

 

Larry called all upset saying "this is a disaster".  No....a disaster would be having to cancel the whole trip.  This is fixable.  It's gonna cost us an arm & a leg, but it's fixable.  God's gonna get the glory no matter what!

 

Now we just have to figure out what we can stop & look at on the drive home.  My parents have been this route before & tell us of all the "beautiful" hours & hours of sand & desert roads.  Boy oh boy!  LOL!