Last night I was painting a basement bathroom as one of the tasks we needed to finish before putting our house on the market. My plan was to fly out of Omaha today at 320, switch planes in Chicago, and fly on to Brussels.
I received a text from United saying that they are anticipating storms in Chicagoland and I should log into the app to see alternate route options. I did log in, but didn’t see anything about options. I shrugged and kept on painting.
Something kept gnawing at me. I knew my layover in Brussels was relatively tight, and any sort of delay could bump me off the last leg of my journey. I have a priest picking me up tomorrow evening: missing that flight would be a major inconvenience for him.
Finally I decided at about 10 pm to just call United. After some time on the phone, I was rebooked on a completely different itinerary, now flying out of Omaha at 8 am! My new route is through Houston to Newark to Brussels to Kigali. Much more time in the air, but definitely worth it.
Yesterday I talked about surrender. Maybe I should rethink that:)
Tomorrow night I arrive in Kigali and will hopefully have more interesting stories to share!!!