Good morning, DDA!
Jen - I'm so glad you got to go home! I will "ditto" Terry's cheer from yesterday!
Kristine - yay for cruise docs! I'm excited as it looks like our little Labor Day getaway is still a go, which means I'll be making that final payment soon, and will be booking stuff at 90-days! Good luck with the packing!
Jennifer - I will be in Austin the first weekend of August, but don't know that I will have any time outside of the wedding stuff, but I will keep you posted. The bride is like a sister to me (and daughter to my parents), and they have a full schedule booked, plus lots of backtracking all over the greater Austin area for various things.
Vicki - I'm glad you had a good experience with American. My dad is a 20-million+ mile passenger with them, and I've been flying them for years. I used to like them a lot, too - however, over the last few years I have had so many bad experiences, while also enduring their fare hikes and lack of customer service (to the level of being downright ridiculous), that Jonathan and I will do everything in our power to not fly them anymore. Being that we live in the DFW area (one of their hubs), though, that isn't always easy, as they've done everything in their power to run carriers out-of-town. Domestically, we find ways to make Southwest work for us (we both LOVE SWA); we've also flown Northwest recently and it wasn't bad; and we're certainly going to be giving a closer look to AirTran. We generally have to use American for our Kauai trips, but that's only because I use some of my work activities to beef up my AA mileage account so we can fly for free on those miles each year. I'll pay $15 for my bag, when I only paid $10 for them to issue me the award ticket. However, I will NOT give them any of my hard-earned $$ on routes where I have a choice, or can be creative in finding one. And the minute that I have to pay for a long-haul flight like those to Hawaii, you can bet I'll fly to another city and pick another carrier from there.
It will be interesting to see the fall-out from this. Needless to say, they are NOT getting favorable press in their hometown.
Deb - glad yesterday went well, and good luck today on the prep work! YAY COLBY!!!
Elin - enjoy your concerts today!
Jen - love the hair cut!
Elizabeth - I agree - we need to see yours!
Well, I need to get back to work - have great days everyone!