This has been the worst week for travel and communication!

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7. NO! THIS week has been!!!

Traveling from DC area w daughter + her beau to Iowa, to visit my 98 year-old Dad and my brother's family, I made reservations, long story short Delta ended up w daughter + flying from Detroit to Iowa on DIFFERENT FLIGHT from mine even tho we left Balto on same flight and I'd booked us on same flight and even chose all of our seats!

Only learned this at departing gate in Balto when comparing our next boarding passes. Their connecting flight was to depart DTW 3 hours after mine, so I'd arrive in Iowa (actually Moline, IL) and sit around (in my rented car?) for 3 hours! Though daughter didn't want to 'fuss' about this, I was determined to do whatever could reasonably be done. Even tho there was only 15 minutes remaining before departure remaining, it worked out, they had plenty seats for the 2, and transaction was done smoothly.

SO, I'd planned to visit high school classsmates in Denver after leaving Iowa Sunday, haven't seen them for many years and very close friends,and learned TODAY one of friend's mothers near death, in California, so my Denver trip would have to be seriously curtailed. I've decided to postpone Denver to some unknown future date. Brother to help me readjust travel plans.

SO, tho these details not SERIOUSLY adverse for me, I definitely feel kind of off balance. (And my actual physical balance sense not doing so well either.)

SO, off to dinner w brother, sister in law, her sister, and Dad shortly.

Thanks for 'listening!'