Day 1

Friday, 30 November 2007

We're not off to Montréal just yet. We have a morning flight tomorrow so we are staying in Atlanta near the airport so that we don't have to drive at 3:00 in the morning.

We are not off to a good start. Dinah called at 5:00pm saying the daycare had called to say Rose had a fever of 102°F. Dinah was picking her up so Michelle could have a look before we left. So much for leaving close to 5:30pm. They decided to get Rose an antibiotic to be on the safe side. So after hitting the pharmacy Dinah and Rose got home about 6:45pm. Rose ran around the house like normal, you'd never know she was sick.

Dinah brought the mail in. I had been checking everyday for a package or letter from Canada. I bought tickets to the December 4th Red Wings-Canadiens game on eBay for $330 and paid an extra $20 for express shipping. That was still considerably less that at the ticket office. I had a tracking number so I knew the guy had mailed them and that they entered the US on the 24th. Six days later and no hockey tickets. That was an expensive waste. And I have no recourse. Words cannot describe how pissed I was.

We got to our hotel around 10:00pm. The drive was thankfully uneventful. If you have the need you can't do much better than staying at the Holiday Inn Airport-South, one of the best I have stayed at. Do NOT stay at the Holiday Inn Airport-North. Huge difference. Rose was a little wound up and had trouble going to sleep but she should be tired tomorrow and sleep well on the plane.