Long travel day

The day started out great with a relaxing morning at home, followed by an early arrival in Miami… That is when it all went wrong.  When I arrived at the gate there were tons of kids all over the place (as expected with a flight to Orlando). However a key item was missing, our plane. Eventually the plane is pulled out of the maintenance hanger. Turns out the lock on a door was broken. Unfortunately they had the plane fueled for a long flight and with our short flight we would be too heavy to land. So they called the fuel truck to take some of it off. We waited patiently- even most of the kids. However they failed to realize by taking all the fuel from one side the plane would be off balance. So the fuel supervisor had to be called to figure out how to solve the situation…  After some discussion it was decided that we should get off the plane while they figured this out.  I made my way to let them know I was just going to drive as it is only 3 hours… But there was another flight leaving in 45 minutes with space, so we decided that was my best option… Only problem was I was still listed in the computer as sitting on the plane with the fuel issues…  What to do now?  We call down to the gate for them to say they have sorted the fuel and are going to be re-boarding. However by the time I get back to the gate it is completely crazy with a mob of people at the counter and clearly they are not re-boarding.