A Very L-O-N-G Day

It was a GREAT weekend!
Very productive and informative.....so get ready New England!

I had the best time with some amazing people. Stayed up WAY too late chatting with Heather and Anna. We lost track of time and didn't get to bed til 2:00am, so I started Sunday in a sleepy haze.

We worked until 12:30 then headed to the airport. My flight was scheduled to leave at 2:45 on United...I don't usually fly this airline but they had the best flight times to Detroit. They boared the flight on time, left the gate on time...but then stopped half way on the tarmac due to a computer 'issue'.....interesting considering they had just announced a minute earlier that the plane was less than 2 weeks old! So, we sat there for about 20 minutes....(all the time, I'm freaking out knowing I only had 45minutes in between connecting flights)...before they finally drove back to a gate to see if it could be fixed. We sat on the plane for 2 and 1/2 hours before they announced they couldn't fix it and we had to get off.

Now, I get that these things can happen, it was a pain because I had now missed my connecting flight....I was still calm and not too annoyed until they told all the passengers we then had to go back out to the front check-in and start over by booking other flights.....they made us all go back, get at the end of a very long line at the front check-in, and wait....and wait...and wait. They had 3 people checking in travelers, didn't add anyone knowing they had an entire plane full of people, from their cancelled flight,tring to get out of there. Most of us stood for over an hour and a half waiting our turn, only to be met by an incredibly rude human being behind the counter.

When my turn came, I was rudely told my only 2 options were a flight on US Air at 8:15pm or Monday afternoon. I made my choice to leave on the other airline, was again rudely told to go get my bag and go to the check-in at US Air.
I stood in line to check-in, put my bag up to be checked and was told I had to now pay for it.....Ahhhhhhh, NO, I don't think so...bill United for it.

So, my new flight was scheduled to leave at 8:15pm.....weather delay, we leave at 9:15. Get to Philly with less than 10 minutes before my connecting flight was supposed to leave, run to the gate with several others who are trying to get the heck home, make it, get on the plane ready to collapse and sit and wait...another mechanical issue.....seriously?!
I got home at 1:30am.....was supposed to be home at 6:30pm....tired but safely, thank goodness.

Woke up today to more snow and ANOTHER snowday.....really?