I made it.
They killed my ever-faithful luggage, though. :(
They must have gotten it caught in a door somewhere...the frame is all bent up and it won't latch on one side.
Ack-ACK wow, we're sorry to hear that.
Baggage Handler: "Well OT we gots good news and bad news; good news is your bag arrived this time - bad news is we backed over it with our 747; oh, and thanks for flying with us"
*snort* Reminds me of a Tom Paxton song, "Thank you, Republic Airlines, For Breaking the Neck of My Guitar".