The Orlando airport is built in two mirror images. The US Airways flights send their luggage to one end. Other flights go to the other end. Each end has its own car rental agencies, parking area, etc.
Now Simone usually knows this.
But at 1 am on the day that their ship was due to sail, she did not know this. So when hubby went off to pick up the luggage because little B, so wiped by the day's events and travel, couldn't open an eyelid even as everybody got off the plane, Simone didn't worry. She attempted to carry little B for a bit then settled on a wheelchair for him. She followed the signs to the luggage carousels, having planned to meet hubby there. Simone failed to listen to the announcements. Yup. If she'd listened, she'd have known that she was supposed to go to a different area.
Simone wheeled little B around and, when she couldn't locate hubby anywhere near the carousels, decided to head over to the car rental agency. She didn't see hubby there either. Perhaps, she thought, he was using the facilities? In any case, she decided to proceed with the car rental paperwork while waiting for him. Once that was done, hubby was still nowhere in sight. Simone wheeled the little guy back to the luggage carousel. No one there but the night cleaning staff.
Belatedly, Simone thought to check her phone. It overflowed with calls and texts from hubby! Yikes! She sent him a message, letting him know she would wait for him by the car rental agency.
In the end, all that can be said is "Thank goodness Simone's hubby's brain functions clearly even at 1 am after little or no sleep for more than 24 hours!" Because he managed to locate Simone and little B, retrieve the luggage and direct everyone exactly where the rental cars were located.
Is it okay to get some sleep now?
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