Let's review the original travel plans: Depart Richmond at 6:05 am on Continental Arrive Houston at 8:35 am And now for the actual story... Saturday morning: Depart house at 4:15 am Saturday Check bag...my medications!" dance In summation: Travel time should have been 3.5 hours. Instead it took us 30.5 hours. Bag travel time should have been 3.5 hours. Instead it took 52.5 hours. WORST TRAVEL EVER!!!!

I'm debating between channeling Scrooge "Bah humbug" or Winnie the Pooh "oh, bother..." Christmas was lovely yesterday, very nice and quiet. The only minor annoyance was that it rained ALL DAY. The snow...couple of hours. We're trying to keep a cheerful perspective, knowing that this Christmas (and it's travel adventures) will be radically different from next year's Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!