Catching up again!!!

I thought that I would blog about our trip to Guatemala briefly:

Thursday

• couldn't go to bed until midnight
• woke up at 2:00 excited but wasn't supposed to get up til 3
• 3:15 we are packing the car, go out Scott's, HE IS STILL IN THE BED!?!?!
• Got him up and got packed so we are already 15-20 minutes late but we think we will be good on the time....WRONG
• got to the airport and I think half of East NC decided to fly Delta that day. Got there and there was a long line, stood in line, got to the Kiosk and it wouldn't take our passports because I didn't put the middle initial on the tickets and our passports called out the middle initial - was never a problem before so why now????
• So we had to go to the "Special Service" line which was long as well. There was 2 Indian families that were going home to visit their family. They each had 4 kids and I believe everyone had 3-4 bags a piece that had to check in. The first family went by quickly and then the second had problems because their bags weighed more than 50 lbs. So they had to start unpacking and repacking. We arrived at the airport at 5:15 and got cleared from security at 6:15.
• arrive at our terminal and we are informed that there is a gate change. So we find our gate and they inform us that something went wrong with the battery and they were going to have to fly the parts in from Atlanta. Our plane that was scheduled to leave at 7:15 was now delayed til 9:45 and it could be later. Our connecting flight in Atlanta was leaving at 9:35 so we were going to miss that plane all together. Next time I will take the flight that leaves at 6:15 and take my chances. I didn't want to get up that early. Although something was wrong with that plane too that was the reason for the gate changed but they did depart like an hour later which would have been okay but no one from that plane changed tickets. So we stay in line AGAIN, so we can find out what we can do about getting to Guatemala. I just start crying. I told the Delta personnel that I HAD TO GET TO GUATEMALA!!! I began explaining why. So there was a group in front of us that were going to Guatemala and they had 11 in their party so we were going to see if they would hold the plane but Delta wouldn't because he would mess up more schedules. So we find a flight from Miami to Guatemala that had enough for both parties but we needed to find a flight to Miami. I have hope but still am crying. There are two flight to Miami, the first flight to leave at 1:00 and it had 12 seats so since the mission group was in front of us they had first choice and they took that plane. The next flight would be at 4:30 and lets hope that nothing is wrong with that plane. So from Delta we switched to US Air. So majority of Thursday we spent at Charlotte Douglas Airport. If you need to know anything about it, let me know!
• So here we are hanging out and I am getting tired so I decide to lay down. Mom and Dad and Scott are tired at this point, Aydan is too but he is to curious to find out what we are doing to be still. So I sit him on my lap and put my arms around him so that I know that he will not move. He begins to fall asleep and I wake up to my Dad putting Aydan down on my chest. He said that Aydan was dosing off and would wake up because he was falling. So I can't get comfortable so we move to the FLOOR!!! Yes I didn't care at that time. I dressed up for Mariano because he asked me too, fixed my hair so that he would look good and I just got to the point to where I said forget and however I look when he picks me up is just how I look!!! So Aydan and I are sleeping on the floor when I hear someone say, "Are you okay down there????'" It was an middle aged man from Amsterdam that was concerned because we hadn't moved. Um, hello we are sleeping can you not tell that we are breathing???? So I wake up and we have an hour long discussion while Mom, Dad and Scott are on the other end of the row talking. Somebody come and save me, Aydan was a sleep so I didn't to wake him up. So this guy, I forget his name, says that he needs to go buy his wife some perfume so he gets up and leaves and tell me that he will see me later. WHATEVER, so I turn around because I had pulled my clothes out to cover Aydan and me and there layed my underwear for everyone to see!!! So I thought is that why you were talking to me????
• We go and get lunch while Mariano calls me, I had already called him and let him know that we were going to be delayed and somehow God would get us there!!! But Mariano calls to say that the van that we had reserved, the guy that reserved the van left and didn't properly do the paperwork and the van was rented to someone else. The only large car they have is for 7 people. We need room for our luggage so we only had room for 5 people and it was going to be tight!!!! So I start calling around places, I did reinforce the fact that if I had a laptop with me that it would be easier to get a car!!! But I think that went in one ear of Mariano's and right out the other ear!
• We decide to take the 7 passenger car which I liked. It was a 2007 Hyundai. Loved it!!! Ready for one!!!! Really really want one!!!
• So here we go to Miami, have 45 minutes to meet our connected flight and neither of us has been in this airport. So I inform them that we do not have time for potty breaks when we get off to use the bathroom on the plane. Everyone does so we get off and we are walking out butts off! Not as big as Atlanta but bigger than Charlotte. Huge, we were on concourse J and had to get to Concourse E. There are no shuttle buses so we had to walk....Aydan is tired and wants to be carried! This is when I am thankful for Paw-Paw!!!
• Get to the gate and they are only 4 people in line for boarding. Everyone else has boarded!!! We have now switched to American Airlines which is having problems reading our tickets. So they just grab our tickets and tell us to get on that they will enter them in manually.
• Aydan and I are sat seperately so we have to wait for everyone to be sitted. We find two seats together and sit down. Off to Guatemala and we were all thinking, I just hope our luggage made it because we barely did!!!
• Almost landing and we are seeing lightning across the sky. Not good news considering a week to two weeks ago there was a plane crash. We land safely Thank the Lord. Pass thru immigration get to our luggage. Find Mom and Dads and waited for the rest, never showed up that night!!!! So we file a claim and go out to see Mariano. Crying again because luggage is gone and I had packed new clothes that I had purchased to show off to Mariano some that were for his eyse only!!! I had packed clothes for Aydan with his favorite pajamas. So I was dissapointed!
• Get outside and see Mariano and he is DARK!!! But the highlight of the day was having Aydan stop dead in his tracks infront of me. I walk around to see his face because I know that he has seen his daddy and he screams DADDY and takes off running. I have to pick up his little bag with his stuff in it. So I was happy..
• Stop at McDonalds for supper and head to the convent where Mariano's sister Veronica stays. Scott bites into his chicken mcnugget only to find out that it isn't cooked all the way. Mom has the same problem. We say call it a night and lets go to bed...BTW it is really hot with no air conditioner!!!!