Joe Biden is the ruiner of all things good

Since we got a tax return this year instead of having to pay taxes, I thought we should do something fun with the money. So, we did. We bought a cruise to the western Caribbean. Everything was planned to a "t", not one jot nor tittle was misplaced. We were excited about a much needed vacation. These are some of the things we planned to do:

Stingray City in the Cayman Islands
Mayan Ruins in Tulum
Eat a lot of good food (I planned on not looking at/thinking of a kitchen for an entire week)
Soak up the sun at the pool on deck
Play the only 2 games we agree to play with each other (phase 10 and skip-bo)
Read
Sleep
Not work

We arrived in Columbus the night before and stayed with Scott's great-uncle Jerry and his wife. They are so fun and we really enjoyed getting to know them better. Monday morning we left for the airport with 2 carry-on bags- no delays for us! The plane ride was fine and we sat next to each other! (Southwest passengers are notorious for leaving a single seat in the middle of each row) We arrived in Tampa and had a 40min layover for our next flight into Ft. Lauderdale. We asked, "Where is the gate for flight #...?" Quite possibly the rudest man on the planet with a bad mustache said, "The flight is out of gate c37 but is delayed until 3:00". Umm... WHAT? "The- flight-is-delayed-and-will-leave-at-3PM." No, I did not need him to spell it out for me..... thanks anyway. Needless to say, we tried every possible means whereby we might get to Ft. Lauderdale in a timely fashion and board the cruise liner,to no avail. I think we hit the record high for the number of times 2 people walked in and out of metal detectors/air puff machines for security measures in one day. We called Royal Caribbean and they, and I quote, "annotated [y]our account and the gate agents at the pier know you are coming late. As long as you are there by 4pm you should be ok."

GREAT

So, what can you do but wait? We boarded the plane and sat as close to the exit as possible (yep you guessed it, the 2 middle seats in opposite rows). I overheard another couple talking to the stewardess explaining the reason that the plane was delayed in getting to Tampa. Joe Biden landed in Indianapolis and the entire airport closed down- no flights in or out. By the time he was ready to leave, the plane we were on had to fly to Louisville to re-fuel it had been on the ground so long. Long story short- Joe Biden is now a common enemy among us. The plane landed and we rushed to a taxi, told him we'd pay extra for him to speed and run red lights and made it to the pier in time to argue with a man for an hour about boarding the boat. He wouldn't let us on, but informed us that we could, for $900, fly to the Cayman Islands and join the cruise there in 3 days. RIGHT.... thanks.

Back at the airport, they wanted to charge us $297/person to fly back to Columbus. I thought the lady heard me when I said my vacation was ruined and I wasn't paying another penny to Southwest since they were the reason (along with VP Biden) we missed the boat. The next available flight was Wednesday morning, which meant we had to stay in Ft.Lauderdale for 2 days.

We at least had a decent hotel, got to see a car fire, and went to a sketchy beach while we were there. Scott really liked not having a set schedule and watching sports center on a 55in flat screen TV in bed. So much for a good vacation- maybe in another 2 years when Joe Biden leaves office we'll be successful? Here's hoping.