here at last

Well it took us longer than expected, but Keeley and I finally arrived in Brazil.  We left Albuquerque around 1 on Monday afternoon, the 19th.  The idea was to go to Denver, then DC, then Brazil, arriving in Sao Paulo at 8:20 Tuesday morning.  Things were going quite smoothly until we were supposed to leave Denver.  Everyone was onboard and ready to go when they announced there was a problem with the aircraft.  We waited an hour or more as maintenance worked on the plane and finally determined it was not fixable.  So, off the plane we went.  The line at customer service to get rebooked was ridiculous, and before we got to the front they had another plane for us.  We headed back, got on board, and they found another problem.  Woo hoo!  About 2 hours later, it was finally fixed and we were off.  Needless to say, leaving Denver 5 1/2 hours late did not go over too well with our scheduled 1-hour layover in DC.  So they put us up in a hotel - that was oddly far from the airport, might I add.  We got to bed about 4am, but it felt soooo good to be able to lay down and sleep!  Ordered pizza the next day, checked out at 4pm, spent a good 4 1/2 hours or so in the airport until our 9:45 flight, and finally arrived in Brazil one day late.  Keeley is with her friend's parents, and I am at Dandara's.  It's weird to be in Brazil again, but here I am, safe and sound!

p.s. Chuck Norris once round-house kicked a salesman.  Over the phone.