I bought these tulips for mom two days ago. Yesterday morning they were looking revitalized, and standing taller! Mom was so happy to have the fresh tulips to brighten her home.
My flight home yesterday morning was cancelled about an hour before departure. Of course my first reaction to changes that are out of my control is usually serious annoyance, and feeling sorry for myself as all my careful planning goes to pieces….
But, as I often find, it was a blessing in disguise. With the extra time available I was able to meet my son and his wife for lunch, and take care of some more last minute legal business, that would have been much more difficult if I had not been in town.
When the rescheduled flight in the evening was finally fully boarded, the engine started up, then stopped. The pilot apologized and said that if he couldn’t get both generators going we would have find a different way home. He tried again and was successful. Somehow I could not relax at all during the flight, listening to every change in motor noise and watching carefully out the window. (It’s a lot of work keeping that airplane in the sky!)
As our direct flight to Victoria started heading down to land at the Vancouver airport, there was at first silence among the other passengers, then questions. Isn’t this Vancouver? Wasn’t this supposed to be a direct flight? Why are we landing? Why didn’t the pilot say anything? I looked around and even behind the masks I could see the look of shock and concern on the faces near me. Once we had landed the pilot apologized, commenting that the speaker system isn’t the only the thing needing repairs!
We were escorted onto a newer, cleaner airplane and flown safely to Victoria. It is good to be home.
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