Nothing to do but BLOG

Oh, the excitement of traveling.
This morning, we woke up at 4:30 AM. (That would be 2:30 Utah time, by the way)
Caught a taxi at 5:00 AM.
Got to the airport (JFK) around 5:30.
Stood in line to check in until 5:50 or so.
That was when we found out from the lovely US Airlines lady that we were NOT listed on our 6:50 flight. Our names were in the computer, but there was no flight information attached to those names.
So, we stood there at the ticket counter (actually sitting on the floor some of the time) while Charmaine told us that every flight today was OVERBOOKED-it being a holiday weekend and all- and she couldn’t get us on any flight out. This is even after I called yesterday to confirm our flight and find out what time it left.
At around 7:30
***hold on a minute, are those nuns? I think I see some nuns in white with a blue stripe over there. The things you see in airports, huh?**
Anyway, at around 7:30, after standing there for about two hours, Charmaine finally tells us she’s got a flight for us on Delta out of Newark (that’s in New Jersey) leaving at 5:30 PM. Wow!
So, Charmaine called us a cab and gave us voucher for the drive from JFK to Newark. After our wild ride (cab drivers here are not known for their smooth driving) we got here to the lovely Newark airport, hoping to be able to be put on stand-by for an earlier flight. The lady at the check-in desk here practically laughed at us when I suggested the stand-by thing. She also told us we couldn’t check in until 6 hours before our flight.
So, here we sit.
Waiting.
Blogging.
I read my e-mail for the first time in a week, and that took about 20 minutes.
I do have a book, and we have the internet, thanks to Mr. Technology, so we should be able to pass the time without killing ourselves.
We just helped a cute Austrailian girl find the phone number for Malasian air so she can check on her flight out of Los Angeles (she’s been traveling for 6 weeks now–talk about being ready to go home!)
The good news is–we aren’t having to pass the time for 8 hours with 5 children.

In other news, we did get tickets to see Wicked last night and it was FABULOUS!! Amazing! Ryan really enjoyed it, too. He didn’t laugh out loud quite as much as he did in Spamalot, but he said he thought it was a better show. I loved it. I laughed, I cried, I sang along, and I’m buying the soundtrack as soon as I get home. I HIGHLY recommend it.

So, to recap our trip, we:
Saw all the Church sites in Palmyra–the Smith frame home, Smith log home, Hill Camorah, Moroni monument, Peter Whitmer farm and visitor’s center, the sacred grove, and the Grandin printing building.
We also went up to Niagra falls and did all the tourist things up there.
We went to the Raleigh Ringers concert, and it was AWESOME!
We went to 3 broadway shows and the David Letterman show.
We went to Central Park, the World Trade Center, and the Empire State Building.
We ate great pizza, a calzone as big as our head, and wonderful cheesecake.
And we’ve waited in three airports.

And we’re ready to come home.
May the stars align so that we can.