When it rains in Calgary...

So, my day wasn't going according to plan...Spain lost to Switzerland (yes, darling, I know you're mocking me)...there were no good movies on the flight from Ottawa to Calgary, and now this...

So I landed in Calgary to gray skies and rain, and I board the plane to Vancouver, and I'm getting ready for a quick 1 hour 10 minute hop over the mountains to YVR...not so. The air condition on our plane was busted. And while we were waiting for the new unit to be installed, a lightning advisory (the first of several) was issued, forcing the tarmack staff inside. And we're sitting, and we're sitting. And the plane runs out of cups, so hold on to yours (but I didn't get one, because I still had a full bottle of water). And the video system shorts out, and the attendants have to do the safety demo the old fashioned way (totally funny, because they's forgotten how, I suspect). To deal with the increasing heat on the plane, the crew opened the front and back doors.

Finally, two lightning advisories and an air conditioning unit later, we are pushed back from the gate and heading out to the tarmack for take off. Except we stop. And sit. And wait. And then the crew tells us that there is a light on indicating that there's a problem with the backdoor. Okay. But guess what? Another lightning advisory! So we have to wait for it to pass before the tarmack crew can come out and tow us back to the gate.

Finally, the backdoor issue is resolved...but we're not taking off yet. Why?

Because the air crew has now worked beyond their allowable hours for the time period, and...

So now I'm sitting here, not leaving until 9 or 10 because we have to wait for a new crew to be pulled in.

Clearly, raining in Calgary is a bad omen. I don't have many SNAFUs when I travel, but this day has just turned out to be one of the few!

And why am I going back to Vancouver (Fancy, it's Wednesday, shouldn't you be working?)? Because I convocate tomorrow! And if I ever get there, it will be the first time my Dad will see me cross the podium after 3 misses. So I'd better make it to Vancouver tonight, or Imma be insanely pissed.

PS - the rest of my life proceeds...working; dating life still a mess; cats still cute; still living on Ottawa. Carry on.