TRAVELING ON APRIL FOOL’S DAY

After a long, exhausting but uneventful trip, 45 minutes in the Customs & Border Protection line, a claim form filed, several increasingly upset calls to the delayed luggage call center, a return from the automated phone line from hell that kept dumping me out with a busy signal after keeping me circling for an infinity of “Press 1 for…press 2 for…”, a shopping trip to provide a change of clothing and toiletries for all 4 of us, and nearly 48 hours of worry, our 4 missing suitcases should be arriving some time this afternoon.