OK, When I left, I made it to Chicago with enough time for my connecting flight
5pm: Arrive at O'Hare, which is meant to be the busiest airport, coming second to Heathrow - and the only reason Heathrow is first is because of its fancy name (at least that's what Chris says!) I check the details of my flight to Madison. It has been delayed by 2 hours and 15 minutes. DAMN! I was cut. NOT HAPPY JAN!
Despite my pissiness I did have some saving graces with the flight to Chicago:
1. There was a 3 seater on the plane. I had the window, another guy had the aisle. Nobody claimed the middle, so the other guy and I had more luggage room. I flied United Airlines and they charge you for any checked baggage on the aircraft and as a result, everybody tries to sneak stuff into carry on. There was absolutely no room in the overhead compartments for my stuff - especially as I was the 3rd last person to board the flight. Thankfully the seat in front of me and next to me worked just as well.
2. I had the best landing EVER! It was smooth and clean. You wouldn't have thought there was a snow storm. Perhaps that snow helped. It was the PERFECT LANDING!
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So I'm waiting....waiting....the guy on the flight with me to Chicago also had a connecting flight to Louisville at the same time as me. His was also delayed 2 hours and 15 minutes. His gate was near mine and I was trying to look for him - as we had got to chatting on the plane and was a nice man, and a familiar face in Chicago was all that I wanted. That airport was PACKED! There was no room at any of the departure gates to sit, as people were waiting for their flights, as all the schedules had been backed up. I ended up finding a place near the staff section with a connector for the laptop. People were sitting in the aisles, sleeping, playing on the laptop and trying to ignore babies crying. It wasn't working for me today...remember, I had been up since 5:30 and was still pissed about that. Bought water from a cow who tried to also charge me $4 for a croissant. EXTORTION! Yes, it is the airport after all, but I wasn't paying that much for food. Did sudokus, writing, wasting time productively...the usual! Now that I have an hour to go before the flight leaves, I'll just go and check the status.....
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NEW GATE, NEW TIME. 8:24 is the time of departure. There's a flight scheduled to leave for Charlotte at 9:15pm that manages to leave before mine. We ended up boarding at 8:45pm. The plane is being doused with snow and ice protectors and as a result, we leave at 9:45pm. Arrive at Madison at 10:15pm. Thankfully Michael and Mike were waiting for me and kept tabs on my departure via the United website. They only had to wait 15 minutes, which was a relief, as I arrived 3 and a half hours late. But boy was I pissed and tired....up for 20 hours. Don't know how O does that all the time. I swear he's nuts.
I was happy to see the Mikes - it has been around 2 years since seeing them last. I was tired, but I just wanted to stay up and catch up with them - which is exactly what I did. We all didn't end up going to bed til 1am
Finally, Monday's blog is done. Let's see if I can catch up with the rest of the week!
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Yep, certainly nuts, and quite the traveller. I put up with it because I've had a lot of practice. It doesn't mean that it's easy, though.
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