Monday, December 27, 2010

Stressed In The Unknown

It is going to be a tough day food-wise today.

Why? Because it will be a stress day.

We are supposed to be flying to Barcelona for our cruise tomorrow and our friend Anthony is all moved in and ready to run the B&B for us while we are away.

The problem is that our flight connects through JFK which has been hit with a huge snow storm. The airport is actually closed until 4pm today so who knows if we will be flying tomorrow or not.

This is the third attempt at this cruise so we are accepting that it may not be meant to happen. We can deal with that..but the unknown is stressful.

Should we pack or should we not pack? What if we leave Toronto but miss the connecting flight in New York? Rebooking another flight will be next to impossible as everyone who had their flights cancelled the last two days will already have filled the planes. What if we get to Barcelona but not in time to make the ship? It will be New Years. What if we can't find accommodation?

Unless the flight is cancelled or significantly delayed (whatever that means) our money will not be refunded.

I can deal with the reality of whatever happens but not knowing is incredibly stressful and when I get stressed I want to eat. I am going to do everything in my power to resist. It will be hard but I am pretty determined.

In the mean time....deep breaths.

This too will pass.

Be healthy!

Alan

2 comments:

cdp said...

That really is too stressful Alan! I was being a bit flippant yesterday saying that I couldn't feel too sorry for you, but hey - I was wrong! That sounds nightmarish!!! Hope all goes well what ever happens! If the scenario of you arriving in Barcelona having missed the boat happens - remember that Vee is there - I'll give you her number if you want!
All the very best!
Cxx

Unknown said...

Thanks Catherine! Still don't know what is happening. The 6:45AM flight from Toronto to New York was cancelled a couple of hours ago but so far our noon flight is still showing as "on time". We will see.

We leave in two hours and haven't even pulled our luggage out. Jamie is sick (102 degree temperature last night) and still in bed. Guess we better get our act together!