You might recall that I booked flights to Turkey last week, as well as hotel reservations. Unfortunately, we found out this weekend that my MIL's brother (the one who will travel with her & accompany her on the trip, as well as M's closest uncle that he hasn't seen in 20 years or so & seeing him was a major part of the trip) has to have a follow up surgery to an emergency surgery he had this weekend. The follow up surgery date conflicts with our trip, and he also won't be able to travel in June (our backup plan). He luckily has a very good prognosis, post the second surgery.
I called United & received future travel credit for all four of us. It's a ton of money, so I've added multiple reminders for myself to use those funds before they expire. We have a year from issuance date to change the date, so we should be able to do next spring or summer.
We now don't have plans for spring break, but that kind of sounds like a good thing at the moment. We have a ski trip coming up in a few weeks, I'm spending a few days in Napa with my mom & sister after our half marathon, and I theoretically have a work trip to Tokyo in March. Maybe April will be a quiet month, or we'll have the boys spend some time with my parents at our house. Or, if Sam is still undecided about colleges, we can visit the last few. More to come on that.
This also leaves us without a senior trip for Sam, but we'll need to discuss that with him in more detail. We might do a family trip to Bend, which would be fun. My uncle is having a big bike ride for his 70th birthday, and both of the boys want to be there. We could rent a place & also enjoy Bend, although we wouldn't be doing any bike riding. ;-)
It's a wild ride around here, with things always changing!
I sure hate her brother has to have this surgery, but glad to hear he should do ok. At least you can use the tickets at a later date. Sounds like you have quite a bit of travel coming up! Sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteTh good thing is that everyone is flexible and some things like health emergencies cannot be helped. It is so difficult making arrangements to even travel across country to visit family sometimes. I imagine is is a whole another level of difficulty to travel overseas to see family. All the other options sound great also! Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteSometimes it seems like plans are only made to be changed. Just enjoy whatever happens.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog
ReplyDeleteSorry that the plans have changed. Hopefully you will be able to find a different and just as wonderful a trip to take.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Sending good thoughts and prayers for MIL's brother. It's great that he has a good prognosis. I'm sorry your plans have had to change, but hopefully it will work out for the best.
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