Now I must admit that I am quite fond of hypotheticals, not fond per say but I guess but just comfortable with them. I think they help me think things through and anticipate possible things in the future and maybe keep my cool if they arise. This isn’t the time to chime in on not worrying about the future. I know, I know.

As you regular readers know Nana is scheduled to arrive today. I heard this morning that her flight was significantly delayed leaving Bangkok which would get her in to Moscow as her connecting flight was meant to leave Moscow. So my aunt and I both spent time on the line with the airline to try to find out what would happen if she didn’t make the connecting flight. I checked the website and the only update I could get was that the plane left Bangkok, nothing about when or if it was delayed. What’s the point of a status update?! Moving on.

So I finally got through to someone in Customer Service. She looked on the computer and said it was on time. Okay, great, but that’s confusing since we know it didn’t leave on time. Can a plane make up 3 hours in the air? Hmmm. I sure hope so.  So I asked her what the next flight was if Nana were to miss the flight. She said “ma’am, I can’t give out any private customer information”. “Okay, I am not asking for any information. I know who she is and I know she’s on the flight. can you tell me when the next flight out is to Zurich?”  She then went on to ask for Nana’s information. Turns out the next flight isn’t until tomorrow at noon.

Nana doesn’t have a Russian visa which means she will be sitting in the Moscow airport over night….IF she misses the flight. But get this, each time I asked what assistance she could get or if there was a hotel in the airport that she could use without a visa the lady would say “mam, the flight is on time so we don’t have to talk about if she misses her connecting flights.” Maybe it’s not Russian culture, but for goodness sake, I needed to know what circumstance my “assistance needing grandmother” would be in if she HYPOTHETICALLY speaking would need to wait for another flight.

Knowing Nana she is kicking back and getting loads of attention from some kind passenger on her flight. If she arrives in Moscow to learn she is waiting over night she will befriend a desperate family who is looking for someone to adopt their sweet children and Nana will show up tomorrow on my doorstep with a family of Russian orphans,  extra peanuts from her emergency stash and showing no wear from this ghastly journey.

Praying she makes her connection and we can get her home safe and sound!