Along the Sunny Road: My luggage set's first trip...

My luggage set's first trip was a rough one.
I had really high hopes this morning -smooth sailing to London! The life of a "non-rever" is not without adventure. The first flight was great. Mimosas, nuts, a salmon salad and warm towel to start the trip off perfectly. I should of known. My incessant app weather checking told me. Rain and thunderstorms warned me it would happen. Six hours, three gate changes and three Starbucks (no joke) later, "I'm sorry passengers on flight 50 to London (Heathrow) but the flight has now been cancelled." Wait. Did I really just hear that? After six hours of scouring for an open electric plug after every gate change I don't even get to squish myself onto this flight?! I was holding back the tears of only three hours sleep. And well here I am, after two mechanical problems on two separate planes and cancellation due to weather, staring at my hotel's view of the airport parking garage, instead of the Thames River. If there's anything that flying standby all my life has taught me it's that you need to be positive. My new luggage (although soaked from sitting in the rain on the runway) is all here and we are safely nestled in our temporary abode. Bright eyed and bushy tailed to have a go again tomorrow, we are only more excited to arrive in London. We also had a chance to rebook our hotel to an even better one with a more central location. More than all that, I'm on my way to spending a semester in Orvieto and nothing could mull my excitement about that! I'm off to get some sleep and hopefully get on our flight tomorrow. More updates to follow. Here's a few pics of my beginnings...

A goodbye letter from my grandma, so sweet!