Get to the Reagan National Airport at 2:30.
Plane scheduled to leave at 4:30.
Plane delayed till 5:30; Not bummed out, get to watch up until the 3rd quarter of NFC Championship; Get another beer.
Get on plane at 5:30.
Wait at gate till 7:30, due to snow.
Airport closes, due to snow.
Airport reopens; planes queued to be de-iced with huge anti-freeze hose so as to avoid a crash similar to the one 25 years ago this month (see:
Air Flordia Flight 90).
Wait in queue till 9:30.
Begin de-icing.
Truck runs out of anti-freeze; wait until 10:30.
Take off at 10:45.
Arrive in Phoenix five hours later: six hours delayed: eleven hours on the same plane. 2:00 am.
My kindeys feel kicked and my house is 45 degrees. My car is damp, and i am grumpy.