Tuesday June 26, 2007

Up at 6AM thinking nothing but positive thoughts.  E-mails out of the way it's off to breakfast.  Yesterday we watched a photographic shoot take place while we ate breakfast, probably for some Sears catalog.  Low and behold they are back again this morning still shooting.  Like yesterday, they fold up about the time we are finished with breakfast. Must be something to do with the quality of the morning light.

As I write this it is 8:30AM and Chris has checked in with the flight line to see if they have received the part.  Our plan, developed over breakfast, is to provide economic incentive ($100) to the mechanic to get us out today either before class starts or after it finishes.  We understand the door has been prepared and all that is required is the installation of the new hinge.  How long can it take to do that???  Now we have the issue of do we check out of the Parker and check back in if it is a no go??  Check out and sit by the pool with limited access to clean up??  These are the kid of issues big time executives are paid to deal with every day (it would be nice if we could find one to deal with it).  At any rate, they have not yet received the part but the guy seemed interested in performance based pricing.

Here we are at the mid point of the day and we have our first piece of good news.  The front desk has given us a 6PM check out time.  We should know our status well before that but at least we don't have to sit around the pool on our luggage.  Look, we have to take our bits of good news where we can get it.

It is now 3:45PM and we have been delivered the death blow for today.  The good mechanics have finished their class and are apparently well compensated because they have decided to go home.  The work will be done tomorrow.

After and entire afternoon by the pool we are both drained.  It is amazing how much the heat takes out of fat old guys.  Chris and I went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner....MISTAKE !!  W e could have ordered one entrée and split it and still left food on the plate, what a disaster.  Well, a little flight planning tonight and bed.  Tomorrow we fly!!!