Hope you have a safe flight, Bit.  Middle seats are rough, but hopefully they won't mess with your back.  I'm sure it will be good to get to your place, stretch out and relax.  
 
Have a great vacation and enjoy the nice weather.  (It was -10 here this morning.)  

Wishing you a very restful vacation Dave. Flying in general is just a pain in the ___________, and looks like Delta's living up to that motto.
 
Once you're on the islands, all of this will be behind you. I'm sure you'll be coming back a few shades darker (than mocha?) :))

I hope you and your luggage get there soon. The warm sun and sound of the water can wash away a lot of that travel pain!

A guy goes to the ticket counter and says "I'd like to go to Florida, but I want you to send half my luggage to Toledo and the other have to Detroit."
 
"I'm sorry, but we can't do that!" replies the girl behind the booth.
 
"Why not?" asks the man, "You did on my last flight!"

Hope you have a great time. From the sounds of it so far you may end up being 50 pounds lighter by the end of the trip.Hope the natives fix you up with some decent chow.

Woohoo! Made it to the island. Worst trip ever. Instead of landing at midnight like usual, we started the car portion of the journey in the middle of rush hour. Forget any rush hour experiences, even in LA or Seattle - nothing's like rush hour in Manila. 11 hours to get to the island. Then in a bit of a break from the bad luck streak, we arrived just as the local bakery was taking out their first batch of pandesal (semi-sweet breakfast rolls), at 4:AM. Mmm, something I look forward to on every trip.
 
Today we picked up a little wireless hub with cell modem. 9.3kb/sec!!! I'm online again! My wife had been going through Facebook withdrawal, so getting reconnected to the world came in the nick o' time. To my surprise, my cell phone works here. AT&T kindly send me a text to say that data rates were $10 per megabyte and any calls will be $5.95 + $0.70 per minute. So it immediately went to airplane mode. Don't want a $1000 phone bill when I get home.
 
It was crab, mango. bananas and watermelon for supper. The weather's been cool enough that we haven't turned on the A/C yet. I've almost recovered from the jet lag, and I've just found out there'll be live music up the road Fri/Sat so all in all it's sizing up to be about as good a vacation as I've ever had. 

Never could figure out why they call it "rush hour" when you're not moving...
 
Glad you FINALLY made it! 

"Home! Home is awhere you hanga your hat! I feel so broke up... I want to go HOME!"
         -Dr. Emilio Lizardo (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension)
 
Very glad you're home now, Bit.  There's a huge sigh of relief easing its way across the Pacific.

It's funny how you need a vacation to unwind from the stress of travelling.  I'm glad you finally made it.  Enjoy the hell out of your vacation.  

Enjoy every moment Bit........coz when you get back, ST3 should be out. (chuckle chuckle.....)