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The trip that wasn't

I knew this trip was doomed from the start
weather.com
recent worrisome reviews of the resort
blizzard conditions expected

I did all I could in advanced to rearrange the trip but we were tied in.
Who's bright idea was it to try to travel during the Winter in New England?
Never again.

Did I mention Blizzard conditions?
Fore casted for the day we were to leave.
Being the anal planner that I am, I rearranged our flight so that we got to Newark the night before (where we were to connect through), put ourselves up at the lovely Courtyard Marriot at Newark International Airport, hoping in advanced that our chances of getting out of Newark were better than getting out of Boston on the day of the "blizzard".

Father in law couldnt get in from Denver on Tuesday. (Tuesday, by the way, was sunny and beautiful without a snowflake in sight.)
They rescheduled him for Wednesday.
Brilliant.
Why fly on a sunny clear day when I can reschedule you to the day of a blizzard and then cancel your flight.

Not a huge deal. Mother in law was coming in by train from NYC and would get by for a day or two until Father in law arrived.
If he arrived.
Let's mention that Mother in law isn't used to driving in the snow.
Nor is she used to driving around our town.

Anxiety fills my body.
She says not to worry. So they will stay in the house for a few days.
Has she not met her grandchildren?
Five days in the house?

As we are making our decision to cancel (due to the thought that father in law may never make it in), Dear Husband's grandmother gets admitted to the hospital.

Cancelled trip
(Flight from Newark to Antigua actually left on time)
Spent the night at the Copley Plaza in Boston drinking wine and playing on our iphones.
Asleep by 10p

10 years of marriage...romance at its finest.

Happy Anniversary Dear Husband.
Good thing this wasnt our honeymoon planned!

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