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If anything, since our USAirways connecting flight from Charlotte, NC to Syracuse, NY was late getting out due to bad weather and an overbooking situation brought on by earlier delays, I had full confidence that our bags would make it to Syracuse with us. In fact, we had a three hour layover, in Charlotte, so there certainly was plenty of time.

On our first flight, actually, one of the other passengers was worried about missing a connecting flight and whether her baggage would make it with her and I assured her that, in all my travel and all my nearly missed flights, I'd never had a bag not make it.

Until today. When we arrived in Syracuse our bags were not there with us. I'm very glad that I took my Dad's advice and didn't, for the first time, try to lighten my airport load by packing a few of my camera lenses under the plane.

The baggage claim office told us our baggage would be on the next flight in and would be delivered at our hotel some time after midnight. Just in case, Jess and I stopped and bought a new outfit each as well as some toiletries.

This morning I got up nice and early and called down to the front desk only to find that our luggage had not arrived. The US Air website says they still have not found our bags. Calls to the Syracuse baggage claim office were initially met with an immediate hangup and now just get a busy signal.

I'm a bit ooked out by wearing clothes that have just been purchased without washing them first but, in this case, I decided I'd have to make an exception, sucked it up, and pulled my newly bought clothes on to my body. I was actually okay with it until I fished a movie stub out of the pocket of my new pants. Someone, not me, say "300″ at the Shoppingtown Movie Theater on 3/10/2007.

Ugh.

At least I have my camera and my wife.