I’ve been editing at least one days’ worth of photos every day for the last two weeks, and I’ve made a lot of progress – I’m nearly finished with 2008 (I have to backtrack and deal with our first National Trust tour, five days in New York City).

I have titled and geotagged every photo I kept – but I was afraid that this one would stump me. I remember the victory party on November 4, 2008, but neither Diane nor I could remember where it was held. Neither of us had any email about the party, nor was it on our calendars. And I hadn’t blogged about the party (though I did blog a bit about the election).

In desperation, I turned to Facebook. Diane’s timeline had a posting on November 10: “changed her photo to one taken at the Silicon Valley Obama Election Night celebration!” Searching the web for “Silicon Valley Obama Election Night” brought me to this YouTube video, which opens with a title card showing the location: the Computer History Museum. Problem solved!

I got an email from Tripit this afternoon telling me that they could no longer monitor our flight next Friday from Porto to Madrid. Of course, we weren’t going to be taking that flight, but the note did encourage me to look at Iberia’s site to see what was going on.

They had cancelled our flight and rebooked us on a flight with “Air Nostrum” at exactly the same time; Air Nostrum appears to be an Iberia subsidiary. The rebooking notice offered three choices: accept, take a voucher, or call a US toll-free number to request a refund.

Ten minutes later, mostly spent on hold, I think I have a refund on the way. I’m not 100% positive because the connection was terrible – the agent and I had to keep repeating things to one another, but I’m pretty sure he said they’d refund the payment but to allow at least 40 days.

I’m hoping we’ll be able to take the trip as rescheduled for 2022 – but I’m not going to buy any airline tickets yet.