It's time to gear up for another trip, but flying this time.  At the end of May I will be heading to Raleigh, N.C., for a dance workshop called the JG Marathon.  I have been line dancing for most of 15 years and have attended several line dance workshops over the years and the Marathon is undisputably the best.  I had to miss it for the past 4 years because of my job at the Kennedy Space Center.  Inevitably, a shuttle launch would fall somewhere in the same timeframe, not allowing me to attend.  So one of my first self-promises upon retirement was to attend the next one... and I hope many more. 

I began the planning months ago, trying to find a convenient flight.  Unfortunately, the nonstop flight I used to take no longer exists.  I reluctantly settled on a flight through Atlanta.  The only good part is that I will be flying out of the Melbourne airport, just 15 minutes away. 

A little unsettling in the past 6 weeks, though, have been the repeated flight changes.  Expedia sends a notice that there is a change, then I have to study all four flights to see what the change(s) are.  So far, the change is a matter of one or two minutes either departing or landing.  I am a little concerned though about the seat change on one of the flights.  I have a specific need for an aisle seat on the left side of the plane (in order to stretch out my right leg/hip).

There are 3 weeks left for any more airline mischief... I hope not.