Finally!!!!

Well, it's 4:00 am and I finally got the airline ticket mess straightend out.  Might I give all who read this some words of advice?  DO NOT wait until the second week of December to book airline tickets for the end of December.  The prices go waaayyyy up, and the budget flights are few and far between!  I finally found a flight out of Chicago for my oldests dd's best friend, so that she can spend the holidays with us.  (She is the daughter of my best friend who passed away).  This girl is like a daughter to me, and every Christmas and summer break, I send her a ticket to spend time with us.  Somehow this year time just slipped away from me and I forgot to get the ticket.  But, thank the good Lord, I found one and she will be on her way.  "Cheers" to the customer service staff at Travelocity, who feilded my 5 calls....they were quite helpful.  "Jeers" to my freaking internet service (the supposed superior broadband service), who seconds after pressing the "buy ticket now" button, froze up.  This is why I am up so early, and spent a night tossing and turning.  The cs lady told me to wait until morning to purchase a new ticket because maybe it went through and it's taking a long time to show up (I didn't want to accidentally purchase 2 tickets!).  So, I waited as long as I could, (being that the flight only had 3 empty seats and I was sure someone would buy it during the night), then got up and re-purchased. With that done, I can go back to bed and have a restful hour of sleep before the day begins again.  Ahhh, the joy of the holiday season....