When God has to tell you something three times, and then He uses His outside voice

 

The runways at Detroit Metro Airport run North-northwest by south-southeast

Winds of 17 mph with gusts to 35 predicted at the time of our scheduled departure.

Our tickets are with American Airlines. "Scheduled" and "actual" departure times might be different.

Thanksgiving week is one of the two busiest airline travel weeks of the year.

Running a little light on the Chicken Noodle soup

And then the coughing started.

Fever of 101 F.

Two days later (26 hours before the flight is scheduled to depart), still running a temp.

Mrs ERJ looked me in the eye and said, "Are you going to be devastated if we don't fly to Miami on Monday?" Mrs ERJ asked.

"Frankly, my dear, it will be a great relief" I said.

Southern Belle, our oldest daughter, is already looking for alternative time-slots when we can visit. She was directed to avoid Christmas time. We are retired. We can entertain ourselves while the "kids" are at work.