The good-natured staff of United Airlines automatically opted to transfer us to Air China so that we could still fly out today. However, Air China wasn't able to provide me a seat that would protect me from being accidentally bumped by the flight crew and other passengers. Staring down 13 hours of non-stop terror proved to be too much for me to contemplate. The odds of a bone fracture were high and decidedly not in my favor.
After several hours of delay and negotiation, we have been rescheduled to depart tomorrow morning. A much better situation for me (and ultimately, for Catherine).
There is a silver lining to all of this. Mike and Alyce have graciously offered to put us up tonight, with the special bonus of getting to spend some quality time with them and partake of Alyce's fantastic cooking. They've turned our frowns upside down!
Hopefully, all of the snafus we will encounter over the duration of our trip of were taken care of today. So glad we got that out of the way! ;-)
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