Early morning flight out of DCA

Always a lot of anticipation at the start of a trip, will we make the flight, will we get bumped, will the flight be delayed, etc, dozens of things to go wrong which we have experienced most of in our recent travels. Nothing like a weight lifting off you as the plane gets airborne, at least you are now on your way. Here we are at Reagan National waiting for baggage to load in the wee hours of the morning....