The Return
It looks as if I may be coming back to the states on Sunday, June 27th. The travel agency OKed me for a stopover in Vancouver, which means someone can drive to pick me up. The downside of this is that I still have to pay them an extra $35 to stop over on top of the $35 to change my ticket date... the upside is that it's a better option than trying to buy a separate return ticket with the $200US they can offer me for my original, student-class voucher. Bastards.

In any case, there was only one student seat available from June 26th to July 10th and it has my name on it right now. Should anything else come up, including flights from Vancouver to Seattle, the agency says they'll let me know. I can effectively hold that seat for the 27th until my current scheduled return date, June 15th. I'm still not pleased but I know that I'm certainly getting a better deal than most of the other students simply because I've been so assertive. I think when I swore on the phone in front of the Japanese sales agent the other day it really freaked him out. 2 points for me, 0 for STA Travel.

In other news,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JUSTIN!!!

Love ya, Wolf Pup...