home for the holidays... or not.

alright folks... this morning i made the trek to LAX for what i thought would be an amazing holiday vacation back home to the midwest.

US Airways and the weather in vegas had other ideas.

i made it to the airport with almost 2 hours to get through security. unfortunately that was before i knew the line through security was around the building and out the door. literally. i stood out in the pouring rain for almost an hour. i managed to get through security, run to my gate, board the plane and sit in my seat when they close the doors... phew!

but... then tell me the plane is delayed 15 minutes because its snowing in vegas. not bad, i thought to myself. i settled in trying to calm down my heart rate and lower my blood pressure (i despise being late and the security line did nothing for my health). i then hear the announcement made that our flight has now been canceled, the vegas airport is now closed. apparently they are not well equipped to handle a blizzard and have even run out of de-icer.

super.

they kick us off the plane and guide us to a counter with a line forming approximately 50 yards long when i reach the end. (ultimately the line was all the way down the terminal and every counter ended up having a similar line with all of the canceled and overbooked flights...)

i stood there and waited. and waited. and waited.

and news traveling through the line was never good... i eventually heard the news that we would not be leaving anytime today... and maybe not tomorrow.

super.

so i waited. i couldn't help but tear up. i had been so excited and anxious for the trip... not too mention #23 was supposed to be picking me up from the airport. oh you nasty travel gods... how could you?!?!

when i finally reached the front of the line after waiting 3 hours (!) i was booked on a flight at 4:30 pm tomorrow. the bad part being trying to find a ride back home so i didn't have to sleep in the airport (although the dr. was nice enough to come and get me and #23 talked to me the entire 2 hours i waited there), trying to find a ride to the airport the next day, and knowing that the midwest is supposed to get hit hard with snow tomorrow night so i will probably just be stuck in the phoenix airport instead of vegas tomorrow night.

ugh.

apparently i used up all of my incredibly amazing canceled flight luck on the last trip... here's hoping that i make it to the midwest tomorrow night...