Sorry so long!
Here's a copy & paste of what I wrote inthe OD Forum. Also, want to add to this post that we saw a floating car in high waters on the way to airport! Here is my fun experience! Ha!....Well, I finally made it home! Not a good experience after such a FUN, FUN weekend! LONG explanation follows: This is a combo airport and baggage experience...I was set to fly out at 4:20 PM and finally departed at 10 something! That was fine as weather conditions were uncontrollable. During the whole process, my flight was canceled. I was thankfully able to get booked on a new flight thanks to Lorrayne's airport expertise! Then, my gate was changed several times. The last change involved me moving 3 concourses away. I had a half hour to get to a gate before the plane was SUPPOSED to board. I was hustling to get there and got to the shuttle area to take shuttle over and they said it was closed down & would not give a reason or when it MIGHT be re-opened to take me over to my final concourse. (They were very RUDE when I questioned..) This is hard/disappointing enough when you are trying to get to your destination in TIME w/o the personnel being cocky & rude. So, since I had no idea when the shuttle would be running again, I had to start hustling on foot to get to my final gate. I was high-tailing it with a teenage boy I found along the way who was lost and was going to my same gate. As we were going down one of the corridors, there was water all over the floor that had leaked thru the ceiling all down the corridor. (I imagine this was to due to weather conditions but there had to be an airline employee who noticed this also, not just me!) I was trying to be cautious as I hurried along with heavy bags and eventually I fell! It hurt when it happened but I HAD to keep going. Thankfully, the teenager helped me and also got my belongings that scattered in all directions. This morning I have tingles going down shoulder and back and also "pulled" muscles in both ankles and very sore arm. I think I will be fine with some rest, stretching and anti-inflammatory meds. Thank goodness I am strong & in good health fitness wise but had this been an elderly person, there could have been worse results. We finally got to our destination to find our plane had been delayed further so I sat & recouped & TRIED to relax. (I had been up since 4:00 AM and it was a very long & exhausting day.) Upon arriving home, I retrieved my checked suitcase to find it was soaked inside! Not just a little but to the point I could actually wring out the clothes. There was not one item that was dry at all. I had several paper items that were ruined & a special birthday card I had bought for my nephew. Thankfully, I had left a scrapbook kit and also my Who's Who Book behind due to I could not fit them in my suitcase and SNM are mailing them to me. They would have been ruined had they been packed. I know the heavy rains cannot be stopped but the suitcases could have been covered with tarps or left inside til needed rather then sit out on a tarmack in pouring rain. All-in-all, it was not a good experience yesterday and I was greeted several times thru the experience with not-so-nice attitude from airport employees. Sooo, to reply PROPERLY to this post, I made it home!!! I cannot end this post without saying that I had a WONDERFUL time once again with all you August RTers! The two RT's are def the highlight of my year! You all are so wonderful and I feel priviledged to be a coordinator and to be able to spend time with Cathe and her wonderful team! HUGS to you all! (Sorry for the long, whiny vent!) Off to put my third load of WET clothes into the washer! Ha!
