So I got back from China last night at 3am. Yeah, it was pure craziness. Its not even worth describing the rest of my trip. The last 48 hours is the best.
So the flight from Shanghai to Chicago felt shorter then the flight to Shanghai. Probably because I was really tired from the trip and needed some sleep. Plus the trip was better because we flew over Alaska this time. So now I can say Ive been to 48 states, and seen 49. I guess thats not that cool. Anyway, we began our approach to Chicago right on time ten minutes after we left Shanghai (due to the International Date Line that someone placed in the Pacific Ocean). Anyway, we were right over Madison, Wisconsinwhen the pilot tells us that there is a storm in Chicago and we cant land. After circlingMadison a few times the pilot decides we are almost out of fuel so we fly to Milwaukee to refuel. This adds an extra hour and a half to our trip, which made us miss our connecting flight to Indianapolis. We were now stranded in Chicago for the night.
I was going to make it a fun night, so I called Andrea and went to her house to hang out. Considering it was her birthday, I thought it was an awesome idea. The next day we had breakfast before heading into the city to look at apartments for her. Right when we got to the apartments, the owner called us and told us he couldnt show it anymore. So instead we got some ice cream, walked through the zoo, and chilled on Lake Michigan. It was a pretty awesome time: although dark storm clouds were looming in the distance literally. Therefore, after Andrea dropped me off at the airport I discovered that my flight was delayed from 6:30 to 7:15. I was pissed, but could live with it. I checked my bags and headed to the terminal to wait for my flight. When I reached the gate I discovered the flight was delayed, now, until 9:05. In addition, I discovered that all my classmates had earlier flights home. Somehow I was the only one put on a 6pm flight. It never occurred for me to check on the times. This is when I called dad and told him to pick me up. I didnt foresee the situation getting better, only worse. So I left security to try and get my checked bags back. This is when hell broke loose. I found out that it would take a few hours to get my bags back, and I was pretty sure I left my boarding pass inside security. I was freaking out. After finding my boarding pass I decided to wait out the delay because if my parents came to Chicago I wouldnt be back to Muncie until midnight. Surely the plane would take off before then, right? This is when the story gets good:
I decided to go back to the gate, find a restaurant, get a beer and food, and surf the internet until an hour before the flight. So at 7:30 I left the bar and headed towards the gate (which has now moved across the airport). I felt good because the time had changed from 9:05 to 8:45. So things were getting better: until I arrived at the gate. I guess our plane was waiting on another plane to land because it had our flight crew on the plane. The plane (coming from Boston) was circling the airport, unable to land due to a storm. After a while, they had to reroute to Grand Rapids, Michigan due to a lack of fuel. EDT is now 10:30. After this plane landed in Grand Rapids, the storm that was inChicago approached Grand Rapids and the plane (supposedly) couldnt take off. EDT: 11:05. However, it was discovered that the plane was indeed in the air. EDT: 10:30. We were told the plane landed in Chicago around 10:15 (although we didnt see the crew arrive until a half an hour later. However, now we didnt care about the crew, because our pilot was on another plane that was waiting to dock at a terminal. The terminal it was suppose to dock at was occupied by a plane that needed to go to the hanger, but there was no one to take it to the hanger. So the plane the pilot was on chilled on the runway until 11:15ish. However, at 11:00 our crew finally showed up, so we could board the plane. We left the terminal at 11:30 and joined a huge waiting line to take off. We finally did around midnight Chicago time. Therefore we arrived in Indianapolis at 2am, because of the time switch. I was in Muncie by 3:30am. I was supposed to be back at 9pm.
Im kinda tired. But they gave me the day off.
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