Yo: Arrived back home from Portland this a.m. amidst many hugs. Jay announced "Mommy inside"
as I stepped through the kitchen door, then immediately took a look at "Daddy's car" in the driveway. Followed all this up with a big Jay Smile (tm). All is right with the world as far as Jay is concerned...
Was in Portland, OR for a conference, scheduled to fly home Wednesday. That didn't happen, and spent the next few days in a maze of cancelled flights, rescheduled flights, no crew, no plane and so on. Checked Amtrak but no dice -- no seats for 2 days, then 3 days after that. Since no one really knew when the planes would be flying again, I even considered a rental car (for a 5-day trip nonstop if you could make it nonstop), but there were no cars to be found. Figured I'd tough it out with Northwest. Finally ended up on one of the very first flights to fly anywhere (I said I'll take a flight anywhere, just get me headed east). Did manage to get as far as Detroit last night around midnite, grabbed a nap at a local hotel until 4, then started the final leg of the trip.
Should've slept in the terminal at DTW. Lines at PDX were long but there were so few flights leaving that it wasn't too bad at all, under an hour to check the bag and get a boarding pass. Security in Detroit was, in a word, unbelievable. At 05:00 two lines feeding the check-in counter were about 150 ft. long each. Then you got in the door and the real fun began.
I guess everyone is getting used to the new world order, or disorder. Personal stories abound. Our next door neighbor's office was in WTC #1, and was vaporized in the hit. He was in the office every day like clockwork. Except that day. He was in a meeting somewhere else, and got out without a scratch, physically anyway. Was on the plane this morning with a guy whose neighbor had an office on the 100+ floor in WTC #2. He had car trouble on the way to work, and didn't make it in at his usual time of 07:30.
Who says there's no God.
Hope everyone's flying the flag high.
ESK
