Well I have a ticket, I have paid the departure fee/airport tax and the rescheduling fee and the money for the upgrade. In four and a half hours I will board the plane! Knock on wood.

Latest news is that my my original ticket may have been counterfeit. That is why they were having such trouble with it. They never told me that for the two days I talked to them, but then Mom called them during the day in the US while all of us were sleeping here in NZ. The guy here says he hopes the Dublin agency that issued it to my agency, that someone from there goes to jail.

Running out of time, must go. More from US.I take off at 7pm Wed, cross the date line and land noon wed, before I left! Funny.