Day 2

Lena and Eric were up a little early and of course I had no problem adjusting to sleeping in! We got ready for our day which had no plans other than to get some plans. Eric had spent most of Thursday trying to figure out if or how we could get to Hawaii...with no flights to purchase for a reasonable amount ($1400-2500 per seat was all we could find). By Friday just three airlines had decided to help the displaced ATA people...Northwest and Delta I think were the only ones that few direct from LA to Honolulu....and we would have to fly standby. So we went to my Dad's cousins for lunch to see Donna, Carol, and Joyce (all three are my dad's cousins that I'm not sure Eric had met). Afterward Eric and Bill headed to the airport to find out what they could about standby or any other hopeful option. They returned not real sure what was going on other than we were on a standby list. We made a few phone calls to friends to find out if they knew anything about flying standby and went out to El Tortito with Linda and Bill for Mexican food. Linda's old roommate Susie met us there too...Lena ate her up...Oh side note...Schools in LA look weird. My aunt teaches at a new school that she refers to as "The Prison"...agreed. There was another one that looked like the front of a museum or something...weird. Oh, and Lena loved Linda...although what kid doesn't.