The Real Skinny: "It was a genuine nightmare"

The real skinny (according to Girl): If I had not lived through this flight from Grand Rapids to New York, I would have a hard time believing this could really have happened. It was a genuine nightmare. My poor husband, he missed Monday at school. My puppy missed sleeping on the rug by my bed. I was running on a little sleep and a lot of adrenaline. I went to work, and he called several times as the day progressed. He found the luggage, found the dog, and almost went to jail. We wrote our story to the airline, and can happily report that our trip was free (if you don’t count cab and bus fare and a day spent in total frustration at three airports).