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Yesterday I was in Traverse City, MI for the day. The appointments went well, but when I got to the airport, my flight back had been cancelled due to high winds in Chicago. They rebooked me on Northwest with no hassle (and actually apologized) going through Detroit.
There was a blizzard in Chicago last night.
I got to Detroit just fine but found out that my 9 pm flight from Detroit to Chicago had been cancelled due to mechanical problems. They rebooked me on the 10:30, we boarded and taxied out. Then we sat in the de-icing area (it wasn't snowing) for about 10 minutes before the captain came on and apologized (again, I know!) for having to take us back to the gate. Chicago had a ground stop. We got off the plane for an hour and a half, reboarded and got to Chicago about 1 am.
Then I got to thread my way through the O'Hare construction to my car, which was conveniently parked outside in the very last row of the onsite parking. And it didn't start. And it was 0 degrees F with a 40 mph wind. Thankfully the courtesy crew had seen me walking, kept an eye on me and came right over to help.
I got home at 2:45. Drew got up at 3:30. And again at 5:25. And Max came in at 6:20. So if I'm grumpy today, you know why.
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