Hope you've had
yer morning coffee, TC -- so you kin lissen to this tale of woe!!
"Ten+ hours in airplanes and airports, including being pulled off the last flight because the airplane was overweight, after being put on it as a standby, will do that to Abuelo de Victoria."
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Let's see -- with that all jumbled together and me functioning on just one 
so far, I processed that as
"Grumpy Gramps stood around on Standby in airports (plural!) , and because he was overweight, was even pulled off a flight!!" - -
Izzat right???
..:))
(Going out to play in the yard -- be back eventually)
with that all jumbled together and me functioning on just one so far, I processed that as "Grumpy Gramps stood around on Standby in airports (plural!) , and because he was overweight, was even pulled off a flight!!" - - Izzat right??? Close. Was only on standby for one flight, DFW to GRK (Gray Army Air Field, Killeen) and that one only because I tried to get on an earlier flight, and did. But then they loaded so many military duffel bags, or whatever they call them now, on the aircraft, a little Saab turboprop, that is was then overweight. They pulled me off that one and put me back on the one I was originally booked on, but with a better seat. Then that one had to wait because they had swapped planes, and much of the luggage got put on the wrong airplane. The flight from San Diego to DFW was fine. Oh I wasn't very comfy because I had a middle seat and the guy in the aisle seat was as wide, but not as deep, as me. That one got a bit bumpy too, somewhere over west Texas, but I kind of liked that, as long as the thunderstorm was about 50 miles away.
But I got a good night's sleep and so am all bright eyed and bushy tailed today. Although I was just about on the edge of heat exhaustion after mowing yard. Got started too late, or too early.
However I'm now posting from La Casa de Seniorita Victoria en Austin de Tejas. I've fed her part of a bottle, Senora La Gata fed her another, but only after she got 2 sides of Mamacita. She slept a little bit, but is now up and cranky again. Hungry I think, but now will only settle for Mama, which is OK since it's been almost 3 hours since she had any of the Good Stuff.
I did get to the San Diego airport about 2 hours before the flight, and then took only about 20 minutes from check in to sitting at the gate waiting for boarding.
As far as the previous post being all jumbled up, that's a combination of being tired and just the way I think. I try to remember to break things up into shorter sentences, but often don't.