Dave-
I have a solid day teaching tomorrow and would have to leave right from work (being picked up by my partner) for the last flight of the day. We booked it to maximize time spent with my 87-year-old mother in Florida. For sure, for her, that's "very important!"
That's why we probably should've taken the Friday morning flight to begin with :-)

Only 1.5 MM Here, which is why I didn't know about trying to call Delta tomorrow and see if they can just plain switch us to the Friday morning flight. Mom will just have to get over it