What an awful return trip from Syracuse was. I was in Syracuse for a week, visiting my daughter, granddaughter, son in law, and their new puppy.
My connection was in Atlanta, for a usually short hop home to Florida. But that's where the nightmare began. Apparently, bad weather forced a lot of flight cancellations out of Atlanta. Mine was one of them. Long story short, my flight from Atlanta to Florida was first delayed, and ultimately cancelled, Wednesday night. I was automatically re booked for Thursday noon. After sleeping on the floor in the airport, along with thousands of other stranded people, I figured I'd at least get out Thursday morning.
WRONG!
That was cancelled too. Ultimately, two more flights were cancelled, following 4 or 5 gate changes, which involved hoofing it between concourse A and B. Eventually, I was told I was re booked for today (Friday afternoon). Now, somewhat skeptical, I decided that, number one, I wasn't sleeping on the floor again, and number two, I had no reason to believe that I wouldn't get cancelled again.
So, I immediately called Budget rent a car, and fortunately, they had a car available, in about an hour. I got the car, and began my long drive from Atlanta to Central Florida, which is about 8 hours, give or take.
I drove last night until my eyes started to glaze over; so I figured it would be best to get a room and a good night's sleep. I finished the drive this morning. I had about 2 1/2 hours left.
Finally made it home at about 11:00 this morning.
And what did I find in my mailbox when I got home?
My new Delta Sky Miles card I had applied for last week, before I left.
Lol.
