I had some travel troubles last night. I was originally supposed to fly to @natalunasans house on July 3, but I received an alert on the afternoon of July 1 from American Airline, warning that my flights could be cancelled because of “severe weather.” As a result, I booked a one-way ticket from Burlington to Charlotte in the evening of July 1. I didn’t use my originally purchased ticket, so both parts of the round trip were cancelled.

I thought that both parts of my originally purchased ticket were cancelled due to the ambiguous “severe weather,” so I booked a one-way ticket from Charlotte to Burlington on Friday. After figuring out that my original ticket was cancelled because I hadn’t used the first part, I cancelled the Friday trip back and bought a one-way ticket back on Thursday.

This morning I talked to customer service and got a credit for the originally booked ticket that I didn’t use. Then I used part of that credit to purchase a flight from Charlotte to Burlington tomorrow, July 5. All other tickets that I had purchased from Charlotte to Burlington were cancelled.

Now I know that I can get “store credit” with airlines. I’ve never rescheduled flights before, and I probably should have turned my original itinerary into credit to purchase my July 1 flight from Burlington to Charlotte, but I did not know that I could. At least I used some credit on my July 5 flight from Charlotte to Burlington, so I didn’t waste that money. I also didn’t spend as much extra as I originally worried that I would.

All of this is to say that I really dislike air travel. I scheduled my return for July 5 instead of July 6 because I had arrived earlier. I didn’t want to overstay my welcome at @natalunasans house. All my flight changes and uncertainty worried me, and I felt a desire to return home as quickly as possible. Hopefully no “severe weather” fucks up my travel plans tomorrow!!

I took some pictures of @natalunasans dining room to illustrate what a comfortable, friendly house she has. There are lots of Colombian things around [as that’s her husband’s country of origin], Jewish things [as she’s Jewish], and cat things [because one-third of their family is Gatin!].

EDITED TO ADD: We spent a very peaceful day, punctuated by naps. In the morning we went to Walmart to see if some of the latest Zuru Mini Brands series 6 [?] and Foodie Mini Brands series 2 were on the shelves. They weren’t, so we just wandered up and down the toy aisles for a bit.

I spent most of the afternoon setting up and shooting a photostory with @natalunasans dolls the Spymaster and Ruth Doctor, with a guest appearance by Mini Silencitx and Mini Ethancitx.

Meanwhile @natalunasans painted some doll shuz and accessories. Orange shuz are Mattel Barbie Extra. The plant is fromm Battat Glitter Girls. The shuz at bottom are from MGA Rainbow High Junior.

EDITED TO ADD: After dinner we made iron-on messages for 1:6 scale teeshirts. I made some shirts for the Shuz Store advertising Hardship, while @natalunasans made designs with cats and with spoonie messages.