The Joys of Summer Travel

so it all started when I got of the plane in Atlanta and this weird guy was staring at me...I sat with Michael (my best friend's husband)until his plane left....he was traveling to Orlando to meet his family who had just spent a week with me at the beach....I grabbed a bite to eat, made a few phone calls... the gate agent announced our plane was running a half hour late...no biggie..when the plane arrived so did a crazy thunderstorm, horizontal rain, zero visibility, lightening, thunder...but we boarded anyway....then we sat...and sat..and sat...they said we were waiting for clearance from the tower...soon, the captain announced that the storm had moved into our flight gate and that they were going to re-route the flight ...on the next announcement, they were going to let us get off of the plane and as they told us about the procedure, they got the call from the tower that we could leave the gate..a cheer was heard throughout the plane....then we joined like fifty other planes in line for take off...we slowly taxied for what seemed like an hour....then they announced that we would take off in 15-20 minutes..after about 10 minutes they announced there was an emergency situation and we had to go back to the gate...an elderly lady was taken off the plane by EMTs. ....while at the gate, they told us we needed to refuel....needless to say, I was on the plane from 4 pm until 9 pm and when we finally landed, there was a spontaneous round of applause....it's good to be home!