Sunday, March 18: Again a late start. I picked up my sister and we went to the nearby rent-a-space place which my cousin Mary Jo had strongly urged us to use. Its new, clean, air conditioned and just a couple of blocks from Maureen's current apartment.
Maureen had done some counting and measuring of some of the stuff so we rented a 5 x 15 space. This allows her to keep an aisle down the middle and not have to pile things too high to get them into place. Overall, I think it will work just fine for her. We didn't bring the ceremonial first box. But, I am sure Maureen will arrange that soon.
We had lunch and then I dropped her off at her place. Around the corner to fill the rental car with gas and then off to the airport.
Now, you know I fly a lot. You would think I would have:
1) checked for messages from United,
2) used a web browser to check my flight or
3) used my smart phone and one of several apps to check status.
OH NO!, I focused on the rental car deal. The rental car was $25 a day and $19 per hour. So, if you turn the car in after the 72nd hour, you basically get dinged for the next day. They weren't going to get another $19 out of me! No way! I turned the car in an extra hour before my normal airport arrival time to avoid the $19!
I turned in the car, went to the counter to pick up my boarding pass, bounced through security and then looked at the board to see what gate I was going to. United 672 San Francisco Gate E6 5:50 departure DELAYED 7:30PM.
Here I was a full 3.5 hours ahead of my flight thinking "What have I done to save $19?"
At that point I checked my smart phone. I only had three phone calls and three text messages from United the flight was late. How did I miss them? I had turned the phone off and forgotten I had done so to save battery...duh.
Home late and tired. A good trip overall.
Ciao
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