I'm leavin' on a jet plane ...

Ok, a prop plane for the first leg, actually. The weather reports say no snow anywhere in my flight path. The airline web sites have no indication of delays or cancellations. I managed to repack such that I should still meet the luggage limits. (There's this problem of having come out with two suitcases and returning with two suitcases and a ski bag. Fortunately the smaller suitcase is technically small enough to be carry-on.) So with luck I should be sleeping in my own bed tonight. And then I get two more days of vacation before I have to go back to work. And then it's a three-day work week this week. Yay.

Dateline: Denver Airport (on time and on schedule)

Total personnel involved in US Airways flight 4968 from Augusta ME:
1 airline counter attendent (doubles as luggage handler and flight-check assistant)
1 pilot
1 co-pilot
2 very bored and very meticulous TSA agents
1 local law enforcement (without whose presence the TSA agents evidently cannot operate)
2 passengers
(yes, 2)

I was feeling rather outnumbered.