I ended my night last night setting out an intention to enjoy our vacation no matter what happened. Then this morning I woke to learn that our flight had been cancelled. All of my best intentions, meditations, stoic mindful awareness that all I have control over is my reactions... all of that seemingly proactive useful insight came up against this sudden change and... I lost it. Nor my temper. I lost my habitual response of feeling put-upon, targeted, fated, victimized, and without hesitation I stayed calm. I said "OK, let's see what we can figure out," And we did. I tried to unsuccessfully cancel the UBER but it was too late to do so. Delta had rescheduled us to a later flight, and there was a later ferry we would likely still have time to catch, but I would likely have to argue to reschedule it given the rigid cancellation terms they made clear when I booked it. Add to this that the reschedule of our flight did not include Tommy due to him having booked his flight himself. Considering the options I suggested Jen look at San Jose flights. She called and got the three of us on a 10am flight out of San Jose, but we could not get Tommy on the same flight. So we found and booked him on a Southwest flight, direct, leaving at 8: 30. I used some of the gift card balance I had for that. We drove ourselves to the airport, dropped Tommy, parked in Long Term Parking, checkedour bags and met Tommy at the Delta Club Lounge just in time to have him head to his flight. Lauren and I watched it depart from the lounge. All of this was managed without frustration or tension. I am proud, surprised and encouraged to recognize the benefits that have come with the time I have spent working on myself. We made it to LAX, then to lunch in Long Beach, to the ferry and to Catalina and finally to Hamilton Cove. I am not as impressed with the condo as I thought I would be. It's dated, not well maintained (water damage, cracked tiles, windows that are difficult to open and more. I don't know that I would return over another option at a similar price. The location is definitely spectacular though. And I do hope to enjoy that to its fullest. We spent the whole day traveling so our evening was low-key: skipbo and Zootopia FTW.
