So. On Tuesday evening I was settling down to watch some TV before going to retrieve my wife, her brother and SIL from the Louisville airport. I had 2-3 hours and a movie in mind. Easy night. Then I got a weird text from Southwest Airlines about my flight being rebooked for the next day. Uh oh. I had booked all their travel (K from San Diego, the others from Denver, all arriving together in Louisville from Nashville), so the message came to me.

I quickly learned that their flight from Denver to Nashville was very late and they were going to miss their connection, so SW automatically rebooked them. On a shitty flight to Chicago and then back to Louisville, leaving at 520am the next day from Nashville. I checked hotels, nothing available anywhere near the airport. I checked rental cars, as the drive from Nashville to Louisville is only 2-3 hours. No rental cars available from anyone. Weird.

The only option other than them riding out the night in Nashville airport (and then possibly getting re-stuck in Chicago) was for me to get on the road and do a “quick” run down there to get them. Ugly choice, but off I went. Six hours of hard driving wasn’t on my bingo card for the night, but by 2am we were all at the KY house safe and sound. I think they understood what I had saved them from, and everyone was thankful.

The next morning I was a zombie, but we still made it out to Hermitage Farm at 10am to see the thoroughbreds – our syndicate’s mares and foals. Was great to visit them, and we got some nice pictures of them in the barn. Here’s one of my favorites. This is Lunar Tunes, our latest mare. She has a sweet disposition and did a lot of curious nuzzling with us.

Let’s hope the rest of the week has no further bad surprises.