Airport timeline

0850 Arrive at airport slightly later than intended.
0930 Missed flight--bummer on any day, with 2 ten-year-olds on the way to a reunion--more bummerish. Told to standby and that if we didn't get on the first two flights, "The 4 PM one is wide open."
1057 Do not get on standby.
207pm Do not get on standby.
440pm Do not get on "wide open" standby.
Pay $300 for confirmed tickets on the 722 flight. Go home for 2 hours so kids do not lose their minds.
630pm Return to airport. Discover that our confirmed flight is delayed 3 hours for weather. Make hotel reservation to spend night in Atlanta before driving 90 miles north to the reunion.
1000pm Announcement that delay will be until 2AM. Cancel hotel reservation (without penalty due to nice and understanding person). Go home wash the clothes on our bodies and put them back on after a brief amount of sleep. (luggage was already sent to Atlanta.)
0800 Get up and start over. Unable to go standby for 0930 flight. It is now 1011 and the 1057 flight is advertised as on time. There might be bloodshed if it is not. Yowza.

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