still in LA

We were supposed to go to Ohio this morning. Our flight left at 7:20 ....without us. Continental/TSA in LA rules say that baggage must be in TSA's possession for 45 minutes before a flight leaves. It was our turn to check in at about 43 minutes before take off...along with a whole bunch of other people. The computers do something that makes it impossible to get a baggage tag after this amt. of time. We all had to move to the line that would assign us to another flight. We were told to try to go stand-by at the 10:45 flight so we waited...no luck. We befriended two other travelers, one had been trying to get out of LA since the night before. We all are booked on the 11:20 pm flight tonight. Let's hope we make it, especially since all of our luggage is currently in Cleveland.
Henry was a real trooper through all of this. He got up at 5:15, only napped about 30 minutes today, and seemed to enjoy his time in the airport until we got home at 1:30. Mark and I were pooped...but Henry kept going strong.