Finally home.....

[gateslacker]

I made it home....finally! (12 hours after the original scheduled time) I had a wonderful time in Toronto and Halifax but getting home was terrible. Remind me never to make a connection at Newark, NJ EVER, EVER again. Also remind me never to fly continental!

After being delayed in Newark for three hours, we boarded the plane only to spend two hours on the runway because of a thunderstorm. THEN, the crew's duty time was up and we just headed back to the gate only to have the whole flight cancelled. Then, after waiting in line with several unhappy passengers, the customer service desk closed. I was finally in the first row when this happened after standing in line forever. It was about two am at this point. So, I called Continental and got on standby for a flight leaving at 6:50 am and, if that didn't work, I'd have to get home via a connection through Cleveland, OH and arrive at 1755 in the afternoon. Fortunately, several people didn't make the early  flight because I think there were about 15 of us on standby for this one flight and many got on, including myself. Spending a night in an airport sucks, especially a cold one.

Oh yeah, none of my luggage made it back to Tennessee with me. Imagine that!

But, scarym1 and I had a great time! More on that later..........

Comments

[scarym1.livejournal.com]

(((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))

[ruralstar.livejournal.com]

Oy ve! So not fun. Glad to hear you are safe and sound. I hope Continental unearths your bags and soon. You ought to demand some compensation for all that rigamarole. ((((((((hugs)))))))))

Ruralstar

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

Bags arrived yesterday with everything intact, though it was mostly clothes. (though it did have my now autographed copy of The Essential Scripts and wouldn't want to lose that!!!)

I do think they should give us something. I sense some strongly worded letters in Continental's future.

[pellucid.livejournal.com]

Oh no!!!

I'm glad you did eventually make it back. And it was great fun meeting you! ;)

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

Tee hee hee...Love your icon. And it was great fun meeting you too!!!

[de23.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. Airports in the wee hours are no fun at all. I'm glad you finally made it home and had a good time! Share a full report with pictures when you get a chance!

[gateslacker.livejournal.com]

I am working on a report now. I sense it is going to be loooooong...LOL! I'll have to figure out some way to put it up on my site. Somehow. Too bad Works isn't smart enough to save a document, complete with pics imbedded, to html automatically.