What a huge chore. Those storms in the mid-west are killer for travel. After my flight was cancelled Sunday night from Fargo to Chicago (ORD) my next flight was booked to leave at 2:04PM Monday... it was delayed also. Then once I finally got to Chicago the flight to Charlotte was delayed over an hour.. I believe 1 hour and 12 minutes but my connection was only 1 hour and 15 minutes till take off so I stood in line in hopes of finding someone who could help me get back to Knoxville.
The man at the counter was very nice and informed me that all the Knoxville direct flights from Chicago were booked through Wednesday. Charlotte was my best option/greatest hope. So I prayed that I would make my connection and get home, no matter what time it was.
I finally got on the plane to Charlotte and arrived there when my flight to Knoxville originally was scheduled to leave. It was delayed but I ran across the airport anyway and asked at the counter for another woman going to Columbia, SC if they could wait... their response "when the door closes it's closed" with attitude. :( I felt really bad for her because it was the last flight out... I tried, sigh.
I went back to the gate where the Knoxville flight was delayed until 11:30PM... hung out with the people who were sitting by me. Turns out they were doing some Dream Imagination (DI) thing in Knoxville and that was probably why all the Knoxville flights were booked from Chicago. It sounded really neat! I think I would love to get involved in something like that... perhaps I'll look into it for next year.
We didn't take off until about 12:50AM... so much for leaving a little after 11... or 12... there were maintenance issues and all kinds of delays for me this weekend. Wow. What a long night. I landed in Knoxville around 1:35AM or so and got home after 2AM and that's with Nathan waiting for me in the front of the airport so we could leave as soon as possible.
I got home safely and got another state done. Thanks Jesus! You are good.
-run for life
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