You can plan all you want. You can plan years ahead of time. You can book your plane ticket nine months ahead of time. Despite all that planning, your plans can and do change.
I purchased tickets to my son's wedding nine months ahead of time, on Aeroplan. My sister, who would be traveling with me, booked on a seat sale later, synchronising our meeting up cities, and departing cities. We were all set... or so I thought. Hermanita had never been out west, so she wanted to stay another five days after the wedding. and do some touring in and around Lake Louise. That suited me, as I had never been to Lake Louise.
A month before the wedding, I must have exchanged over twenty texts with Hermanita in a SINGLE DAY. Suddenly, she is ALL stressed out, because she needs to return home ONE day EARLIER. Well, I tried to change my booking, but since my ticket is an Aeroplan ticket, FORGET about trying to catch an earlier flight back with her. No way, no how! Why MUST she come back one day early? Well... she has the O*N*L*Y moose license in her husband's group of hunting buddies. They ALL applied, and SHE is the one who got the license. (Some people reading this may be really ticked off, if they have never been able to get one, but please don't shoot the messenger!) Since the hunt is only on for three days, her original ticket would have gotten her home with a mere twenty-four hours left to hunt. ONLY IN NB would this happen, I say. She hadn't even wanted to apply, knowing that she was out west for the wedding, but her hubby wanted to increase their chances in the yearly draw for the moose license. The things we do for love eh?
By the way, it is still hunting season for birds out there, so HIKERS, BEWARE! Wear those ugly, bright orange vests, please.
We ended up being ten family members who flew almost clear across the country to attend the wedding. How fortunate and blessed I was to have so many in attendance, to share in my joy! We arrived on different days and at different times, but there was S*O*M*E cohesiveness to our arrivals. NOT so much to our departures. Baby Bro flew back with my "belle belle-soeur" and Mamacita on Monday, Handy Bro Tuesday, Hermanita Wednesday, Witchy sis-in-law early Thursday, me on Thursday as well, but on the redeye, and my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter, on Friday. We were like the Royal Family for heaven's sake!
Wishing you all of life's blessings today and always!
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