Made it back to DC safely...it only took a million hours. I left Mesa with Auntie Lucy at 10:30 pm for a United Flight that left at 11:55 pm. I paid $60 for the 2 bags I wanted to check (I say this because sometime soon I am going to do a post on my favorite airline that does not charge for bags). I was literally one of 3 people checking in at the counter and the only person going through security. I knew from checking in that the flight was delayed till 12:40 am, but at the gate I found out it was more like 1:10 am. This meant that I would miss my connection in Chicago so they put me on a later flight. I got to Chicago at 6:30 am pretty tired after not being able to sleep most of the flight because it was FREEZING. We were supposed to leave to DC at 7:55 am. We were all set in the plane to leave, but as we were taxi-ing a huge storm dropped in and we were left on the runway for hours (not really sure how many). They finally brought us back to the gate because by law they had to let us off to get something to eat. About 45 minutes to an hour later we finally were able to take off. Because we had to avoid the storm and fly pretty far south, the flight took about 2 hours. I landed at Reagan at 2:40 pm...6 hours later than I had originally planned. After unpacking, showering, and eating dinner, I fell asleep at 8 pm :) I'll try to do a couple of posts today to catch up.
Love,
Jem
