Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Home Sweet Home! It was a plane like this one that finally got me home on Friday evening - after waiting in Chicago for about 30 hours. Lucky for me my dear friend Cheryl was with me to make it less traumatic. She was able to get us a room at the Hilton instead of sleeping in the airport with hundreds of other travelers. No offense to travelers but it gets very old and boring waiting in an airport hour after hour for nothing to happen. We did get our airport aerobics in by walking (hurriedly) from gate change to gate change - even up to the last 30 minutes before take off.

I still don't understand the airline's cancellation criteria. I think we could have made it home on Thursday - but it is better to rule in the favor of safety first. We thought about looking into renting a car - not seriously. There was talk about trains, but they don't come into Oklahoma. Even though being on a train coming home in a countryside full of snow would have been very "White Christmasy".

I learned so much from Cheryl this week. One important lesson is perserverance! Just keep trying and trying, yet know when to stop and relax and start again the next day.

For all the times I have wanted to be stranded in Chicago none of them have been during a snow storm. We have snow here too which makes all the Christmas lights look very pretty.

Enjoy your Sunday. Ciao!