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[Songbird76]

I do have the texts. The CS agent gave us credit for our flights minus the $76 pp exit row seats we had to purchase if we wanted to get on the return flight that they messed up for us. We are rebooked for mid-August we had to pay much more money even with the vouchers to purchase these flights.

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a class action lawsuit. The wait times to speak to an agent we 4+ hours or a wait 4 days for an agent to call you. If you're trying to salvage a vacation, time is essential. So many people just went online and paid to change flights. A nice little revenue stream for them. They could have contracted with a 3rd party to provide additional phone support if they wanted, but they chose not to. They deserve a hostile takeover from a crappy airline.

It's in the rearview mirror and it could have been worse. We didn't have to worry about getting a hotel or worrying about how to get back. We just got into our car and went home. It wasn't so easy for other people. Some people in line were talking about how they couldn't get out until Saturday or Sunday. This was Thursday night.

I don't know what the rules are for domestic flights, but I remember when we had a significant flight delay, someone told us that there are laws about that. If the airline delays a flight by more than so many hours, they have to pay you a certain amount of money. I know you eventually ended up canceling your flights, but you might want to check what the rules are because they have legal obligations. I think for an overseas flight it was something like if your flight is more than 5 hours late, they had to pay like 1500 bucks per person. In the end it was stupid because we didn't know that beforehand and when we finally got to check in, they gave us vouchers for $15 per person for the food court so we could get dinner before our flight, which was delayed 7 hours. But in order to get the vouchers, we had to sign a waiver that basically said the airline had compensated us for our delay and we weren't entitled to any more compensation. Had we known that they were obligated to compensate us for a delayed flight, we would never have signed that waiver.

 

[Songbird76]

I think he really wanted to see my grandmother and he was supposed to meet up with an old friend. I am relieved that he kept his mask on, so there was very little exposure. So, that was a silver lining.

That stepmom sounds really emotionally abusive. Adolescence can be difficult enough even in a loving, supportive home. I can't imagine living in a chaotic environment where your stepmom is threatening your father with leaving and fighting with each other. This girl probably feels like she will be lost in the shuffle when the new baby comes along.

Her friend's mom sounds like a much more calm and supportive presence for her. I wonder why she didn't choose to live with her from the get go?

I don't think she was old enough to choose then. Now that she's 15, she can. And she loves her dad and everything, but it just got to be too much. But this way, she doesn't get to see that particular little sister. There are like 6 kids from various relationships in the mix. I think the stepmom is just really self-absorbed and kind of checked out from the rest of the family. I don't think she's particularly invested in building any sort of relationship with her stepkids. Like...they come with the package, so she has to live with it, but she doesn't really seem like she wants to actually be a stepmom. And I guess the dad is NOT happy that the stepmom is pregnant again. He was pretty ticked when she told him and they got into a huge fight. It's sad that a baby will come into that situation from day one. They were already having issues and then having a baby is a lot of work and means a lot of sleepless nights, which frazzles nerves and that won't help. It's a sad situation all the way around.

 

[Sans Souci]

I don't know what the rules are for domestic flights, but I remember when we had a significant flight delay, someone told us that there are laws about that. If the airline delays a flight by more than so many hours, they have to pay you a certain amount of money. I know you eventually ended up canceling your flights, but you might want to check what the rules are because they have legal obligations. I think for an overseas flight it was something like if your flight is more than 5 hours late, they had to pay like 1500 bucks per person. In the end it was stupid because we didn't know that beforehand and when we finally got to check in, they gave us vouchers for $15 per person for the food court so we could get dinner before our flight, which was delayed 7 hours. But in order to get the vouchers, we had to sign a waiver that basically said the airline had compensated us for our delay and we weren't entitled to any more compensation. Had we known that they were obligated to compensate us for a delayed flight, we would never have signed that waiver.

This wasn't our first rodeo with AA out of PHL. Three years ago, we paid for premium economy seats to Manchester, UK to visit my ILs. When we went to check in online, our seats were in economy. The aircraft we were on hadn't been retrofitted for a premium economy class yet. My husband called AA and they said they contacted him (they hadn't) and that they weren't going to refund us the difference in fares, because they were still fulfilling their end of the deal. This was a significant difference in fares--$300p/p. My husband was able to change our flights to British Airways, because they codeshare with AA. They flew us in the class we paid for and my husband got $900 in vouchers from AA. We lost a day of holiday on that trip, too.

I guess what burns me the most is the airlines got a huge bailout to keep the industry afloat and to prevent layoffs. This is free money from the taxpayer. I'd like to see some transparency w/r/t how this money was spent. Going forward, I'd like to see airlines getting loans instead of bail outs and requiring them to put up gates in their most lucrative hubs as collateral. It seems like the only thing they do with these bailouts is ring fence c-suite compensation.

 

[Songbird76]

This wasn't our first rodeo with AA out of PHL. Three years ago, we paid for premium economy seats to Manchester, UK to visit my ILs. When we went to check in online, our seats were in economy. The aircraft we were on hadn't been retrofitted for a premium economy class yet. My husband called AA and they said they contacted him (they hadn't) and that they weren't going to refund us the difference in fares, because they were still fulfilling their end of the deal. This was a significant difference in fares--$300p/p. My husband was able to change our flights to British Airways, because they codeshare with AA. They flew us in the class we paid for and my husband got $900 in vouchers from AA. We lost a day of holiday on that trip, too.

I guess what burns me the most is the airlines got a huge bailout to keep the industry afloat and to prevent layoffs. This is free money from the taxpayer. I'd like to see some transparency w/r/t how this money was spent. Going forward, I'd like to see airlines getting loans instead of bail outs and requiring them to put up gates in their most lucrative hubs as collateral. It seems like the only thing they do with these bailouts is ring fence c-suite compensation.

Yeah, a lot of the airline industry seems unethical. There are laws about seating families together, too, but the actual legislation hasn't been written, so they don't follow it. In 2016, the court ruled that they could not charge people extra to seat minor children with a parent, so they couldn't put a 5 year old in a separate row from the parents and then tell them they had to pay extra to choose seats together. Any child under 16 HAS to be seated next to at least one of their parents. On our 2016 trip, that worked out really well for us, because frontier moved us to premium economy because they didn't have seats together in economy. But when my dad died in 2017, it was a pain trying to get seated together, even though they are required by law to do it, but since the actual legislation hasn't been written, there are no set guidelines, only a court order. So unless you KNOW about that court order, you can't make them do it. We had picked our seats in advance, but when we checked in, we weren't given the seats we chose because we hadn't paid extra, knowing that they couldn't charge us for it. We showed them our tickets and said it looked like we weren't sitting together, they assured us we were, but we could see we weren't. So when we got to the counter, we asked again, she glanced at the tickets and said we were together. How can we be together with one person in row 36, one in 32, and two in 33? So then when we got to the gate, my husband went to the counter there and asked again and they said they couldn't do anything for us, they would arrange that on the plane and we had to wait until everyone else had already boarded. I was so frazzled. My dad had just died, we had booked the flights in the middle of the night, we hadn't slept, we were exhausted, we'd had a horrible drive to the airport because of construction without a clear detour and got lost and were nearly late checking in, and then dealing with that....then we get on the plane and they asked for volunteers to switch, but no one would. Like, seriously? It's the law....just move people. Tell them you're sorry, but the law says they can't seat us separately so you are going to have to sit here, and this person is going to sit there. Period. In the end, a really nice couple had an aisle and a window seat, but the one woman said she didn't care if she needed to sit in the middle for us to sit together, and another guy said he'd be happy to move up a couple of rows, so we put my husband and A in the 2 seats that were already together, and E and I sat across the aisle from each other. If it was a vacation, I'd probably have had more energy to just say "Look, I know you can't seat us separately and I don't want to have to file a lawsuit, so just fix it." but I just couldn't deal with any more. I was already in tears and and the flight attendents were giving me the sideeye like I was going to cause problems. They didn't know we were headed to plan my dad's funeral and I was grieving, but you could tell they were nervous that I was already in tears before we even had seats. But they won't do anything they don't have to do, and if they can get away with it, they won't even do things they are required to do. Like giving us $15 food court vouchers instead of the compensation they were supposed to give. They bank on people not knowing the laws so they can get away with it. "Here, sign this statement that we compensated you with these food vouchers" and now you just signed away your right to the actual compensation you're entitled to.

 

[Sans Souci]

Yeah, a lot of the airline industry seems unethical. There are laws about seating families together, too, but the actual legislation hasn't been written, so they don't follow it. In 2016, the court ruled that they could not charge people extra to seat minor children with a parent, so they couldn't put a 5 year old in a separate row from the parents and then tell them they had to pay extra to choose seats together. Any child under 16 HAS to be seated next to at least one of their parents. On our 2016 trip, that worked out really well for us, because frontier moved us to premium economy because they didn't have seats together in economy. But when my dad died in 2017, it was a pain trying to get seated together, even though they are required by law to do it, but since the actual legislation hasn't been written, there are no set guidelines, only a court order. So unless you KNOW about that court order, you can't make them do it. We had picked our seats in advance, but when we checked in, we weren't given the seats we chose because we hadn't paid extra, knowing that they couldn't charge us for it. We showed them our tickets and said it looked like we weren't sitting together, they assured us we were, but we could see we weren't. So when we got to the counter, we asked again, she glanced at the tickets and said we were together. How can we be together with one person in row 36, one in 32, and two in 33? So then when we got to the gate, my husband went to the counter there and asked again and they said they couldn't do anything for us, they would arrange that on the plane and we had to wait until everyone else had already boarded. I was so frazzled. My dad had just died, we had booked the flights in the middle of the night, we hadn't slept, we were exhausted, we'd had a horrible drive to the airport because of construction without a clear detour and got lost and were nearly late checking in, and then dealing with that....then we get on the plane and they asked for volunteers to switch, but no one would. Like, seriously? It's the law....just move people. Tell them you're sorry, but the law says they can't seat us separately so you are going to have to sit here, and this person is going to sit there. Period. In the end, a really nice couple had an aisle and a window seat, but the one woman said she didn't care if she needed to sit in the middle for us to sit together, and another guy said he'd be happy to move up a couple of rows, so we put my husband and A in the 2 seats that were already together, and E and I sat across the aisle from each other. If it was a vacation, I'd probably have had more energy to just say "Look, I know you can't seat us separately and I don't want to have to file a lawsuit, so just fix it." but I just couldn't deal with any more. I was already in tears and and the flight attendents were giving me the sideeye like I was going to cause problems. They didn't know we were headed to plan my dad's funeral and I was grieving, but you could tell they were nervous that I was already in tears before we even had seats. But they won't do anything they don't have to do, and if they can get away with it, they won't even do things they are required to do. Like giving us $15 food court vouchers instead of the compensation they were supposed to give. They bank on people not knowing the laws so they can get away with it. "Here, sign this statement that we compensated you with these food vouchers" and now you just signed away your right to the actual compensation you're entitled to.

That is so awful that you were trying to keep your wits about about because your father passed and having to worry about getting your family seated together on a flight. I remember reading about minors needing to be seated next to a parent and another adult in the traveling party. I wonder if it is enforced? I think they just rely on the FAs to get passengers to move. They should resolve it at point of purchase and all the agents you encounter before boarding should not be allowed to kick the can down the road. I fly Southwest a lot and that's open seating. Occasionally, I hear a FA asking to move seats so a minor can sit next to a parent. It's never been an issue on Southwest. The issue comes on other airlines, where they charge for seat selection and they want people to move. You don't get that money back if you give up your seat and a free drink is unlikely to be enough compensation. I think that's where you get these "seating stalemates." Even Southwest charges an additional fee to get on the plane first. The airlines have tied themselves in knots trying to squeeze every last bit of revenue from of a flight, that it creates all sorts of issues.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good afternoon-

I did an hour of yoga today and went out for a walk with my husband. I had some bananas that were about to go off, so I have a loaf of banana bread in the oven. We're driving to DC tomorrow, so I'll bring it along if someone wants a piece with coffee for breakfast at the hotel.

One of the reservations we have for dinner requires that you wear a mask unless you are eating and/or drinking. They have also reduced the capacity of the restaurant. This makes me feel better about my son coming along. They also have first come, first served outdoor seating, so we'll try for that.

I was able to get two tickets for the National Gallery on Sat. The past two times we went, it was either closed or booked up. That is the only thing I was able to get all weekend, though.

 

[Songbird76]

That is so awful that you were trying to keep your wits about about because your father passed and having to worry about getting your family seated together on a flight. I remember reading about minors needing to be seated next to a parent and another adult in the traveling party. I wonder if it is enforced? I think they just rely on the FAs to get passengers to move. They should resolve it at point of purchase and all the agents you encounter before boarding should not be allowed to kick the can down the road. I fly Southwest a lot and that's open seating. Occasionally, I hear a FA asking to move seats so a minor can sit next to a parent. It's never been an issue on Southwest. The issue comes on other airlines, where they charge for seat selection and they want people to move. You don't get that money back if you give up your seat and a free drink is unlikely to be enough compensation. I think that's where you get these "seating stalemates." Even Southwest charges an additional fee to get on the plane first. The airlines have tied themselves in knots trying to squeeze every last bit of revenue from of a flight, that it creates all sorts of issues.

That's the problem. They don't really enforce it because the legislation hasn't been written. They have to actually write a bill with all the circumstances in it so they have something to enforce. Without that, they can't really enforce it. Or maybe they can if a person complains, but there's no inspection or anything to make sure airlines are complying with it, so it's down to the customer to make sure they do it. Like, if an airline refused to accommodate, then I'm sure a parent could win a lawsuit, but I don't see it actually going to court. On our last Disney trip they had E all by herself on the other side of the plane, so I switched with her and she sat a row behind my husband and A. It wasn't ideal (especially with the stupid woman I was seated next to in E's seat) but it worked out and E said the person next to her was really sweet and helpful. I'm glad she wasn't stuck by herself next to the stupid people who fat-shamed me and complained about the smell of the special food that this other food was served (I believe they were Hindu?) and the baby crying, etc. For a 9 hour flight, that's not who I want my child to be stuck with. But no, the airlines obviously don't abide by the court order, and without actual legislation, it's hard to enforce. That was the problem on the flight to go plan my dad's funeral. Several of the people had paid to select their seats and they weren't going to give them up. The airlines really milk you for every cent they can.

 

[Songbird76]

Good afternoon-

I did an hour of yoga today and went out for a walk with my husband. I had some bananas that were about to go off, so I have a loaf of banana bread in the oven. We're driving to DC tomorrow, so I'll bring it along if someone wants a piece with coffee for breakfast at the hotel.

One of the reservations we have for dinner requires that you wear a mask unless you are eating and/or drinking. They have also reduced the capacity of the restaurant. This makes me feel better about my son coming along. They also have first come, first served outdoor seating, so we'll try for that.

I was able to get two tickets for the National Gallery on Sat. The past two times we went, it was either closed or booked up. That is the only thing I was able to get all weekend, though.

Have a great trip! Our cases are spiking again. We have 10X the cases we had per day two weeks ago. The health organization is having an emergency meeting to come up with a plan to advise the government, but the government has a history of ignoring their advice and just hoping cases will go back down without doing anything until they have to admit 3 months later that it's not working and they HAVE to do something. Then they do as little as possible and hope cases will go down, and when they don't, they do something trivial and hope that will help. Last time, cases started to rise in September, so they closed restaurants for indoor dining. Cases continued to rise, and every 2 weeks they had the health organization give them advice, and every 2 weeks they ignored it. They kept saying we needed to lock down, but the government didn't want to do that because of the economic impact and because of education. Every two weeks....until right before Christmas. The week before Christmas, they announced a lockdown and you could only gather with 2 people outside of your household. So no one could have Christmas with their families. Had they locked down in September, we might have been OUT of the lockdown at Christmas. A couple of weeks ago, they opened schools completely and on the 25th of June they opened restaurants for indoor dining again, dance clubs and parties are allowed.....and now, shocker, we're spiking. Somehow, people got into nightclubs/dance parties who tested positive. There were 3 positive people walking around at one club with 900 people, so 900 people had to quarantine and get tested. I'm sure not all of them did. You were supposed to be able to show a negative test or proof of vaccine to get in, but the vaccine isn't 100% effective.

 

[Figgy1]

Good afternoon-

I did an hour of yoga today and went out for a walk with my husband. I had some bananas that were about to go off, so I have a loaf of banana bread in the oven. We're driving to DC tomorrow, so I'll bring it along if someone wants a piece with coffee for breakfast at the hotel.

One of the reservations we have for dinner requires that you wear a mask unless you are eating and/or drinking. They have also reduced the capacity of the restaurant. This makes me feel better about my son coming along. They also have first come, first served outdoor seating, so we'll try for that.

I was able to get two tickets for the National Gallery on Sat. The past two times we went, it was either closed or booked up. That is the only thing I was able to get all weekend, though.

Safe travels and have fun

 

[Figgy1]

My exercise and sleep has been spotty lately. Between the fireworks and thunderstorms it's been hard to sleep plus my dh has colitis(not sure if I mentioned his not fun trip to the ER). The one good thing to come out from this is I'm eating better as dh is on a bland/low fodmap diet anyhoo dh has been back to work yea and James is home

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Hello! I hope everyone has been doing well. We recently got back from our softball trip to the Florida panhandle. We got lucky that Elsa stayed to our east, although she churned up the waters a bit for us. I think the condos had a gym, but we were doing so much walking that I never got in any true workouts. The kids also had little bits of beach here and there which meant a lot of sand walking and the place was huge and was about 1/4 mile of walking just to get from our room to the parking garage...so we were moving around a lot. It was especially brutal because on the beach it was wet unpacked sand until you got right down to the edge of the gulf, and in places like the elevators- there was no a/c, so we were always dripping in sweat. It rained little bits every day, so it never dried out to the more sugary texture sand and there was always above average moisture in the air. My legs were on fire after the first night of walking through this stuff. I'm really not a fan of the beach, but I do enjoy the water and got about 2 hours of swimming and treading one day when we took a catamaran to a small protected island. Unfortunately, the water was really murky in this area, so no good snorkeling. Now to shift into final prep for the big trip.

Edit- parents and brother's family are feeling better. Still some mild symptoms for my parents and my brother tested positive on his last test for work, but at least there's improvement.

 

[Songbird76]

Hello! I hope everyone has been doing well. We recently got back from our softball trip to the Florida panhandle. We got lucky that Elsa stayed to our east, although she churned up the waters a bit for us. I think the condos had a gym, but we were doing so much walking that I never got in any true workouts. The kids also had little bits of beach here and there which meant a lot of sand walking and the place was huge and was about 1/4 mile of walking just to get from our room to the parking garage...so we were moving around a lot. It was especially brutal because on the beach it was wet unpacked sand until you got right down to the edge of the gulf, and in places like the elevators- there was no a/c, so we were always dripping in sweat. It rained little bits every day, so it never dried out to the more sugary texture sand and there was always above average moisture in the air. My legs were on fire after the first night of walking through this stuff. I'm really not a fan of the beach, but I do enjoy the water and got about 2 hours of swimming and treading one day when we took a catamaran to a small protected island. Unfortunately, the water was really murky in this area, so no good snorkeling. Now to shift into final prep for the big trip.

Edit- parents and brother's family are feeling better. Still some mild symptoms for my parents and my brother tested positive on his last test for work, but at least there's improvement.

Well I'm glad you got to go and that your family is starting to feel better. I am not a fan of the beach at all. I hate walking in sand, I don't really enjoy going in the water, it's just not fun for me. When we went to Disney in 2019, we spent one day at Blizzard Beach and they had a bunch of those covered areas since we got there before ropedrop on a kind of rainy day, so it was dead, but a lot of those things were in the sand. We finally found one at the back that had a concrete floor and that was SO nice. We were right next to the bathrooms and it was kind of a perfect spot for me. I sat in a chair and read most of the time. I have this thing about my feet touching the ground. I wear slippers everywhere because I can't stand to step in anything....sand, grass, carpet, tile....I just can't stand it, so a beach is kind of torture. Volcano Bay at Universal sucked because everything was in sand, but they did have these awesome spray things on the side of the walkways to rinse your feet off, and that was great. I totally get your not liking the beach much, but I'm glad you were able to enjoy it a bit anyway!

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Well I'm glad you got to go and that your family is starting to feel better. I am not a fan of the beach at all. I hate walking in sand, I don't really enjoy going in the water, it's just not fun for me. When we went to Disney in 2019, we spent one day at Blizzard Beach and they had a bunch of those covered areas since we got there before ropedrop on a kind of rainy day, so it was dead, but a lot of those things were in the sand. We finally found one at the back that had a concrete floor and that was SO nice. We were right next to the bathrooms and it was kind of a perfect spot for me. I sat in a chair and read most of the time. I have this thing about my feet touching the ground. I wear slippers everywhere because I can't stand to step in anything....sand, grass, carpet, tile....I just can't stand it, so a beach is kind of torture. Volcano Bay at Universal sucked because everything was in sand, but they did have these awesome spray things on the side of the walkways to rinse your feet off, and that was great. I totally get your not liking the beach much, but I'm glad you were able to enjoy it a bit anyway!

I'm such a weirdo with this. I like being in the water and like a sandy bottom in natural bodies of water, but I'm miserable as soon as I get out of the water and up on the sand outside of the water. The catamaran we went on had a large staircase that extended into the shallow water, so I never had to set foot on the beach, which was great...until the kids called me over to see some hermit crabs. I like snorkeling, would like to get scuba certified, enjoy saltwater fishing, and just boating in general...so tropical vacations aren't a total miss for me, but sitting on the beach is pure torture. We went to Cancun about 10 years ago (work trip for my husband)...I tried so hard to enjoy the pretty beach, but I think I lasted 10 minutes before I had to get in the water. I eventually just went up to the pool and looked at the pretty blue water from afar.

Ideally, I'd like to take a Caribbean trip and get an overwater bungalow (since I don't think Bora Bora is in the budget ). I know a few people that have rented full overwater homes around Belize, but I think I'd feel a bit too isolated with something private off the mainland.

 

[Songbird76]

I've not gotten my steps in much in the last couple of weeks. It's been ridiculously busy with the end of school stuff, and the weather has been AWFUL. There's terrible flooding in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, though it hasn't flooded where I am, yet. Hoping it won't. But it's been really stormy, so I can't go out, and I've had to make gifts for A's teachers and E's mentor, and had to take E dress shopping for her gala, then do practice runs for her hair, etc. So I'm only getting my steps in on the days that I work, mostly. But this is the last day of school, so maybe next week I'll get back on track. How are things with everyone here? Everyone safe and healthy?

 

[MinnieM123]

I've not gotten my steps in much in the last couple of weeks. It's been ridiculously busy with the end of school stuff, and the weather has been AWFUL. There's terrible flooding in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, though it hasn't flooded where I am, yet. Hoping it won't. But it's been really stormy, so I can't go out, and I've had to make gifts for A's teachers and E's mentor, and had to take E dress shopping for her gala, then do practice runs for her hair, etc. So I'm only getting my steps in on the days that I work, mostly. But this is the last day of school, so maybe next week I'll get back on track. How are things with everyone here? Everyone safe and healthy?

Sounds like you'll get back into a more predictable workout schedule, now that other things are getting done. There's only so many hours in the day to fit in everything, especially when you're working full-time, on top of all that. I think you're doing well handling it all.

 

[Sans Souci]

I've not gotten my steps in much in the last couple of weeks. It's been ridiculously busy with the end of school stuff, and the weather has been AWFUL. There's terrible flooding in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, though it hasn't flooded where I am, yet. Hoping it won't. But it's been really stormy, so I can't go out, and I've had to make gifts for A's teachers and E's mentor, and had to take E dress shopping for her gala, then do practice runs for her hair, etc. So I'm only getting my steps in on the days that I work, mostly. But this is the last day of school, so maybe next week I'll get back on track. How are things with everyone here? Everyone safe and healthy?

I saw that on the news. Hope you and your family remain safe. Life gets in the way of steps sometimes. It sounds like you'll have a bit more free time after this week.

 

[Sans Souci]

Hello! I hope everyone has been doing well. We recently got back from our softball trip to the Florida panhandle. We got lucky that Elsa stayed to our east, although she churned up the waters a bit for us. I think the condos had a gym, but we were doing so much walking that I never got in any true workouts. The kids also had little bits of beach here and there which meant a lot of sand walking and the place was huge and was about 1/4 mile of walking just to get from our room to the parking garage...so we were moving around a lot. It was especially brutal because on the beach it was wet unpacked sand until you got right down to the edge of the gulf, and in places like the elevators- there was no a/c, so we were always dripping in sweat. It rained little bits every day, so it never dried out to the more sugary texture sand and there was always above average moisture in the air. My legs were on fire after the first night of walking through this stuff. I'm really not a fan of the beach, but I do enjoy the water and got about 2 hours of swimming and treading one day when we took a catamaran to a small protected island. Unfortunately, the water was really murky in this area, so no good snorkeling. Now to shift into final prep for the big trip.

Edit- parents and brother's family are feeling better. Still some mild symptoms for my parents and my brother tested positive on his last test for work, but at least there's improvement.

That's good new about your family feeling better. I'm not the biggest beach fan, either. I do really enjoy walking along the beach and going in the water for a bit, but I can't sit out for a long time. I get bored. I honestly hate sand.

 

[Sans Souci]

Hello-

I've been doing 30 minutes of yoga/day and then walking. We a nice trip. My phone slipped out of my purse in a post-dinner Uber ride. I was so relieved when I called my phone and it was the driver. I thought it was gone. He did a few short trips and then we did a quick hand off in front of our hotel. I did compensate him as a thank you and for his troubles.

We're supposed to go to WDW the first week of September, but my husband booked a week at the hotel we stayed at in Virginia Beach last year as a hedge. He is worried about covid rates in FL. He is also worried about bringing covid back to our son. (He is staying home as a protest against "what Disney has done to Star Wars." ) I'm not trying to be a selfish heifer here, but he has chosen (incorrectly, IMO) not to get vaccinated and I need to act like I am not vaccinated? HE can stay in his bedroom for 10 days or whatever it is when we return. So ridiculous. If he couldn't get vaccinated, I wouldn't even think of going. But he can and I refuse to let his ignorance and recalcitrance dictate where I vacation. Don't get me wrong, I love where we stayed in VA last year and I had a wonderful time, but I have had my mind wrapped around going to WDW.

I'm supposed to go out for breakfast this AM, but my husband is still asleep--so who knows?! I might just grab something at Starbucks. I love their sous vide egg bites. lol

 

[Songbird76]

Sounds like you'll get back into a more predictable workout schedule, now that other things are getting done. There's only so many hours in the day to fit in everything, especially when you're working full-time, on top of all that. I think you're doing well handling it all.

Oh, I don't work full time! Well, I mean, I guess I do, when you consider housework and all that, but I don't work fulltime at my job. I'd never have free time if I did that! But yes, sometimes it's a balancing act.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

That's good new about your family feeling better. I'm not the biggest beach fan, either. I do really enjoy walking along the beach and going in the water for a bit, but I can't sit out for a long time. I get bored. I honestly hate sand.

Yes! It's boredom that is another big turnoff. I know many people who can lay on a towel or sit in a beach chair for hours on end, and find it so relaxing. Any time I try, I find myself quickly growing bored...and eventually annoyed and a bit anxious over just sitting there.