Ready! Set! G--Stop! Er, actually, Go!--no...Wait!

Planned Launch Date.  February 5th.

7:00 am  Jonathan departs Goodfield toward Tremont for last minute packing of equipment.  Supposed meeting with Justin K. after passport retrieval at local post office.

Kali: Text me when you're on your way.

7:36 am  Kali finishes up final packing of personal items except for a few things still at Sauders' house.  She makes a mad dash over to Roanoke and races back, just in time to get everything ready to go by the door, awaiting the text.

8:42 am  Email received: 

"Passport had not arrived...we should plan to postpone our flights..."

10:02 am  Jonathan calls Kali.

Jonathan:  Check into how much it costs to change our flight.  If it's a lot, maybe we should go on ahead and let Justin catch up.

10:27 am  Kali looks into the cost of changing flights.  Expensive.  

10:37 am  Email received:

"sounds like it might make financial sense to send you two overnight"

10:53 am  Email received:

"Based on this information, I am going to encourage us to launch.  There will be some time pressure, but 6 hrs should be sufficient.  Jonathan is going to meet me in Morton in 23-30 minutes.  We'll head your way..."

Kali responds:

"I'm in!  I'll be ready."

11:09 am  Jonathan calls Kali.

J:  Hi, I'm on my way to Morton.
K:  Yeah, so much for no stress.
J:  Yup, ready?
K:  I'll be ready and waiting.
J:  Actually, it'll be nice.  Maybe we'll get a few hours to experience New Zealand waiting for Justin to get in.
K:  Yeah, we'll be hanging around Auckland or Hamilton?
J:  We'll figure that out.
K:  Ok, see you soon.

11:27 am  Jonathan texts Kali.

J:  No, nvm.  what is your booking ref for air NZ
J:  need your credit card # ???  Justin is trying to change tickets, so never mind.

11:34 am  Jonathan texts Kali.

J:  Be careful of even short term expectations.

11:42 am  Jonathan texts Kali.

J:  Change was much less than we thought, so we will all go together tomorrow
K:  Same times?
J:  Yes

11:54 am  Jonathan calls Kali.

J:  So, never mind, we're not going today.
K:  What a ride!
J:  Yeah.  Maybe we'll at least call it a day a little earlier today at least.
K:  Ok, see ya later.

Still catching my breath!