I just received an e-mail from my airline notifying me that my flight from Denver to Newark on Tuesday has been cancelled. I am now traveling from Denver to Houston, and then to Newark, before flying to Glasgow.

I leave two hours earlier form Denver, and make it into Newark only 50 minutes before my flight to Scotland is supposed to take off. Who's taking bets that we'll be on time? Or that the extra flight and connection will allow me to loose my checked bag? I may just have to carry my big backpack on the plane to make sure it arrives with me.

This is not the way I wanted this holiday to begin.