diandowen.livejournal.com Waiting for Elianne Grace

Waiting for Elianne GraceYou are viewing diandowens journal Log in Create a LiveJournal Account Learn more Interest Region Site & User FAQ Email LJ Talk AIM ICQ Number Yahoo! ID MSN Jabber Recent EntriesArchiveFriendsUser InfoMemories Waiting for Elianne Grace Owen and Diannes story of adopting from China Previous 20 Were home!! Aug. 13th, 2007 at 7:36 PM Wow! What a journey it was to get back home. We woke up at 3 am on Saturday to get ready to leave the hotel. Bear in mind thats 2 pm on Friday in Lincoln. We left the hotel at 5:30 to get to the airport and check in for our flight at 8:20. We got to the gate in good time. Soon after, the announcement came that our flight was delayed until 9:30. This jepordized our connection in Tokyo. Then they said it would only be delayed until 9:00. That was a bit better. Nonetheless, I thought I should find out what would happen if we missed our connection. There was a whole group of NWA staff at the gate. I asked my question. I was told that they didnt know and anyway there were many passengers in the same situation. Sorry, was that supposed to make us feel better Then, the departure board indicated that the flight would be delayed til 10:20. Passenger discontent was increasing. There were many adoptive families heading back to the States and they all had connections to make in Tokyo. By this time it was about 9:15. Five minutes later, with no warning, they started boarding the plane! No pre-boarding. No announcement. They just started boarding everyone. So we were halfway down the queue of passengers trying to board this plane with a baby and a stroller/car seat and a snippy flight attendant tried to hurry us along. When Dianne said we wouldnt have the problem if theyd had pre-boarding for the usual categories, she told us that how they boarded the plane had nothing to do with her and she knew as much about that as we did. Again, was that supposed to make us feel better This was our first experien...