We've had flight delays before but this is the mother of all flight delays! We were scheduled to leave Boston yesterday at 10:20 PM. Right now it's just a few minutes shy of being 24 hours and we're not scheduled to leave for another four hours. I guess they lost the instructions on how to start the engines or something. Officially what they have told us is that it is because of "mandatory crew rest". If that's the case this is going to be one very well rested crew!
Because we are going to be on Terceira for three weeks and they have offered a very generous reimbursement of out of pocket expenses for hotel, food and transportation in Boston we haven't minded the delay. Assuming of course that the accounting team isn't on "mandatory rest" and our reimbursement is delayed.
We actually were able to have a pretty unique experience. Today was the home opener for the Boston Red Sox. I thought ticket prices would be through the roof but thankfully Beth checked on stubhub this morning and they were surprisingly reasonable. Maybe it was because the weather was more suited for a Green Bay Packers game in December than a baseball game but hey, it was the home opener at historic Fenway Park! Additionally, they were playing the Tampa Bay Rays so we pulled out our warmest clothes and joined in the festivities. It was sunny and about forty degrees. If it wasn't for that steady 20-30 mph wind it would have somewhat resembled baseball weather.
It was a great time sitting in the outfield grandstands, watching a good pitching match up and raising our voices in the middle of the eighth inning to participate in the Red Sox tradition of singing Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline".
We bailed after singing. The Rays were winning at that point, but as they often do, after twelve innings they snatched defeat from the hands of victory. They play again tomorrow...............just in case the crew needs some more rest!
Because we are going to be on Terceira for three weeks and they have offered a very generous reimbursement of out of pocket expenses for hotel, food and transportation in Boston we haven't minded the delay. Assuming of course that the accounting team isn't on "mandatory rest" and our reimbursement is delayed.
We actually were able to have a pretty unique experience. Today was the home opener for the Boston Red Sox. I thought ticket prices would be through the roof but thankfully Beth checked on stubhub this morning and they were surprisingly reasonable. Maybe it was because the weather was more suited for a Green Bay Packers game in December than a baseball game but hey, it was the home opener at historic Fenway Park! Additionally, they were playing the Tampa Bay Rays so we pulled out our warmest clothes and joined in the festivities. It was sunny and about forty degrees. If it wasn't for that steady 20-30 mph wind it would have somewhat resembled baseball weather.
It was a great time sitting in the outfield grandstands, watching a good pitching match up and raising our voices in the middle of the eighth inning to participate in the Red Sox tradition of singing Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline".
We bailed after singing. The Rays were winning at that point, but as they often do, after twelve innings they snatched defeat from the hands of victory. They play again tomorrow...............just in case the crew needs some more rest!
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| A beautiful day for baseball! |
