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I got back yesterday at midnight from a horrendous trip back home from West Virginia.
I finished up at my client site early, so they said I could just find an earlier flight home. Forunately for me, the 2pm flight out of WV was wide open - a lot earlier than the 7pm flight I originally had. I asked the lady at the desk how open the flight from Washington Dulles to Chicago was (which was my connecting flight) and she said there were a lot of seats. I was so happy to be getting on a 5:30 flight out of Dulles rather than the 9:55 flight I was scheduled for. Getting on that early flight would get me home at around 6:30, with enough time to watch LOST when I got home. Which was a good thing.
So I got to Dulles at 4pm from West Virginia, with about an hour to kill before my 5:30 connecting flight (which I was on the standby list for).
I was sitting at the gate at around 5pm (when they should have started boarding) when an announcement came on that there was a problem with the plane and anyone who had a connecting flight in Chicago needed to go to customer service ASAP. Anyone who's last stop was Chicago should wait to see what happened. After half an hour, the "couldn't find another plane" so the flight was cancelled. The 7pm flight which I was also on the standby for was packed because they scheduled the 5:30 customers (only about 1/4 of them) on it.
So I was left to sit in the airport for 5 hours to wait for my 9:55pm flight, really pissed that I was missing LOST.
So what did I do?
I ate.
A lot.
God bless Ben and Jerry!!!
I also brought "Big Fish" with me, so I was able to find an outlet to plug my laptop in and watched all the extras, and the movie with the commentary, so that passed the time.
Finally my plane boarded with no incident. I got on the plane (fortunately this time I was able to get an Economy Plus seat becuase my body is starting to get bulky). I fell asleep as soon as I got in my seat, only to wake up 15 minutes before landing, welcomed by the warm orange glow of the lights in Chicago. As an extra treat, the plane passed right alongside the downtown skyline, which always makes my heart go aflutter. I love this town!
...and I'm glad to be home.
...and I'm also glad that Fatima taped LOST for me...even if the last 5 minutes were accidentally cut off. She gets an A for effort and I love her.
Home!
Posted by Yano at December 1, 2005 02:02 PMhello! TiVo that baby!!! :) it's so worth the money.
Posted by: daysies on December 1, 2005 02:30 PMWhen will you stop traveling? That load starts to wear you down the last month and you'll need your rest. At least you aren't the boat of teachers some years ago. As recentlyas the 70's in Georgia teachers were forced to resign at their 5th month of pregnancy. Because...their students might suspect they had...gasp!!..Sex?? And all the evil thoughts that might lead to! And who knows what kind of actions! Teacher are role models ya know...yes, much better to be a techie in the 21st Century ;)
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Posted by: SusanG on December 1, 2005 07:49 PMMan, I am so glad that I am on a local assignment and don't have to travel. It's tough - the delays and whatnot. It's worse when you're pregnant. Hopefully they'll find something more local and you won't have to travel.
Posted by: Irene on December 1, 2005 09:26 PMNo matter what... Day or night - I never get tired of the Chicago skyline from the air. Magnificent. Glad you made it home safe. :)
Posted by: Nino on December 1, 2005 11:15 PM
