Buh-bye New York …
April 10, 2005 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Buh-bye Park Ave …
Buh-bye Village …
Buh-bye Rockefeller Center …
Today’s adventure was getting home, and believe me, it was an adventure. I got up at 5:30 NY time (2:30 my time!!) and grabbed a cab. Got on an airplane in La Guardia and then, half an hour later, learned we were not going to Denver and then connecting to Reno as planned because SNOW had grounded Denver.
Snow. The current bane of my existence.
We landed in Chicago instead. So there I was, stuck with thousands of others who couldn’t get west. Not only were flights grounded, but the ones that weren’t were oversold. The airlines weren’t answering their 800 numbers (smart, actually, LOL, given how pissed we all were) People were going postal in every corner so it’s a good thing they don’t let you travel with weapons anymore. I waited in a three hour customer service line only to be told NO FLIGHTS west AT ALL. So I did the sensible, grown up thing. I called my husband and burst into tears. He was quiet a moment. “I’m guessing you actually really want to come home,” he finally said.
Uh…duh.
Well, he’d read my blog over the past few days, LOL, and thought maybe I was going to run away and stay in NY. Nope, sorry, this mountain girl was READY TO COME HOME RIGHT NOW RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE. Thank you very much.
Now here’s why I love my husband despite the fact that never rinses his milk glass after eating his three cases of Girl Scout cookies, and pretends not to hear me when there’s a game on… Even though it was dawn in California, he called a friend who works at an airline (Julie I’ll love you forever) woke her up, got me on a flight, talked me out of the hysterics in the middle of the Chicago airport, and stayed with me on the line as I ran the three miles to the right terminal and gate. I was off to San Francisco, then yet ANOTHER FRIGGING FLIGHT to Reno, and then the hour drive home.
Stick a fork in me, I’m done.
Now I’m home (after EIGHTEEN HOURS of travel), and the kids are all over me, and I am MUCH HAPPIER though exhausted. New York was exciting and wonderful, but there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home…
Posted by Jill @ 5:53 pm | Make a Comment
Michelle says:
Welcome back!
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 6:27 pmNicole says:
Glad you’re back!
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 6:43 pmNancy says:
LOL, you have an adventure everywhere, don’t you. Love your posts. It’s funny how men come through when they are needed the most …
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 6:45 pmDanni says:
Glad you’re home, and wow what a darling husband to get you home like that! Major Aww factor.
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 7:00 pmJudy says:
Hey Jill glad you made it home. I was wondering if the major snow in Colorado was going to mess you up. Hugs to your hubby, guess you will keep him huh???
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 7:09 pmkacey says:
Hey! Welcome home. Sounds like a nasty trip home though. Glad you made it. Catch up on your sleep and come back and entertain us with more stories of NYC.
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 7:16 pmAmy K. says:
Glad you made it home safely! Enjoy the kiddo hugs and take a day off!
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 7:25 pmEmily says:
Welcome Home, now get some sleep!!
I’ve been stranded in the Chigago airport before, several times. Yucky!
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 7:31 pmCynthia says:
Welcome home, Jill! Glad you made it back safe and sound.
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 7:31 pmLoretta says:
I agree… it’s nice to get away, but there is no place like home.
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 8:51 pmSorry you had a little more adventure than you anticipated.
Last Oct I sat in Reno for 4 extra hours because of snow, not in Reno…in Boise…
But I was only trying to get to L.A. where there is NEVER snow.
Just love it when our flights are messed up because of the connections.
But then again… I’m glad they are careful too.
Kate Hardy says:
Welcome home, Jill – glad you made it through such a nightmare journey home. And your husband sounds a real star. (No wonder you write such great heroes!
)
Posted on April 10th, 2005 at 11:20 pmSylvia Day says:
Welcome back!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 12:39 pmSasha says:
Welcoem Home!!
Give your hubby a hug, and kiss for us. We’re so happy to have you back too!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 1:35 amSasha says:
Welcome Home!!
Yay Hubby! See, he’s your HERO!!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 1:36 amSasha says:
oops! :blush:
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 1:36 amSue says:
Jill welcome home
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 5:21 amand you got to love a man like that he’s your hero!
Sela says:
YAY Jill!! So glad you finally made it home!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 5:52 amJill says:
Yeah, the hubby is handy, I think I’ll keep him around. I’m recovering from yesterday with lots of girl scout cookies but I can’t take the day off, I have a deadline looming …
GREAT to be back! Thanks so much for posting when I was gone, I love that I didn’t come home to an empty blog!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 7:18 amBeth C says:
Got a huge kick out of all of your NYC posts and pics, Jill. :laugh: Thanks for sharing. Boo-hiss on the long travel day–but welcome home!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 7:21 amJan says:
LOL, what an ordeal you had getting home! Take a day or so to unwind — you deserve it. Your DH is a keeper.
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 7:35 amkim h says:
great to have you back. I heard about the weather on the news. You are safe, take a nap.
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 8:16 amJennifer says:
Wow! on the travel fiasco. Welcome back.
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 11:01 amMelissa says:
You’re right Jill. There’s no place like home. Glad you’re in it safe and sound. Btw, the bears and spiders missed you terribly.
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 11:26 amSara says:
Oh wow! What an adventure. I hate being stuck in an airport, so far away from home too! I’m so glad you got home and your hubby is a keeper!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 11:38 amJordan says:
And people have the nerve to ask me if I miss being a flight attendant. LOL!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 1:16 pmElizabeth says:
Welcome Back!!
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 2:27 pmDanica says:
Welcome home Jill~ sorry about that snow… we’re calling it the Blizzard of 2005, we got 2 feet here at the house, and thanks to said blizzard, our phone lines and DSL are only so/so. Which means I have a 50/50 chance of this posting.
Posted on April 11th, 2005 at 11:07 pmSuzanne says:
I’m glad you’re home, too!!!
Posted on April 12th, 2005 at 6:11 pm