Did you know the national terror alert level has been elevated to orange?

I do.

They keep announcing it at DIA this morning. Everyone just kind of milling around like sheep, not really listening, while a very calm woman asks us all to "please make a note of it." I think the idea is to get everyone to look at each other suspiciously.

I'm trying to be cheerful, but became a problem for one poor kid working at Caribou Coffee. He handed me my large, triple-shot, sugar-free, non-fat vanilla latte (hold the foam) - with all foam. Seriously. I have been here all night with no luggage and an airline-issued toothbrush/toothpaste and I am holding the line for good coffee. So he made it over for me.

Here are some more people who have been stuck in airports.

I guess if that's as bad as it gets, no big deal. (The plane is supposed to take off in an hour, and yet it isn't here ... only a gaping hole of nothing at the end of the jetway. I continue to be optimistic. (Perhaps they're just polishing the good plane for us! The one with the timberwolf! That would be way cooler than a marsupial - note to KMoss.)

If you don't know what I'm taking about, Frontier has different animals painted on the tails of their planes and it's a huge distraction for me because I base my entire self-esteem on which animal I am assigned. The fllght out was a momma swan and her baby, and that was okay. But it's no timberwolf.)