Yay! They Came Home!

We were starting to get really worried.  Dean packed up all his stuff and left.  No Janet or Phil, and now it's dark outside.   Next thing we know, Dean is back.

This is a bittersweet photo of Janet at Heathrow:

She doesn't want to leave; she wishes they could have stayed longer; she wishes they had gone earlier, etc, etc.  However, she says she  still wants to come home and see us.  We believe her; we know Janet loves us.  Janet said she had mixed feelings, but little did she know the worst was yet to come!

Due to the storm in the east, the flight was fully sold out and Janet had the pleasure of the middle seat.  They arrive in San Francisco 11 hours later and now their flight to Victoria is delayed by more than half and hour.  They board and nearly reach home when they are advised it's too foggy to land and they need to turn back to Seattle.  Three hours later, they are now in their hotel room at 2AM.  Up early the next day, they go back to the airport to take the flight to Victoria, which is also more than an hour late.

There is no photographic evidence of any of this because Miss Congeniality forgot to be congenial, not to mention patient, understanding, accepting and a whole host of other pleasant personality traits.  She did refrain from using bad language, however - at least with the airline employees.   Fortunately, there wasn't anyone around to remove her crown! The retired travel agent in her wanted to jump behind the counter and help the hapless United employees do ticket exchanges! They were tossing around all kinds of travel lingo that the average person doesn't know, but Janet knew exactly what they were complaining about.  It appears that after 27 hours of being awake, Janet is not at her best in the being pleasant department.

The other reason there isn't any photographic evidence is that by the next day in Seattle, Janet thought she had lost her camera.  See above Harrod's bag - she tucked it in there and forgot about it and put it in her checked luggage.

We were jealous about the lucky visit they had with Ming and Molly, but did our best to give them the good ole' fashioned greeting they like.

At this point, Janet's camera is still lost.  Rockers wants to get up close and personal with Phil.  Not sure why Phil is holding his nose, because Rockers does not smell bad!

This is in the "please say it isn't so"department:

Departures level, Heathrow Airport 31 October.  Don't you think it's a bit early?