Airport Adventures

Yesterday was quite an eventful day. I was super excited to fly back to Ohio, minus the flying part. I used to think flying was really fun. I loved the take off and looking out the window at the clouds right beside the plane, but after not flying for a few years, I developed a serious fear. I did okay when I flew home for Christmas, but yesterday there were thunderstorms all across the east. The plane ride from Salt Lake to Memphis was fine, until we tried to land. I thought for sure we were going to crash. Once I got inside the airport, they were telling everyone to get inside the nearest bathroom because there was a tornado hitting Memphis at that very moment. Needless to say, I wasn't too worried about missing my flight at this point. After the tornado passed, they made an announcement saying all planes were grounded for at least the next hour. Oh on a side note...when I got off the plane in Memphis, one of the guys working in the airport pointed at my Ohio State sweatshirt and started SCREAMING about how Jim Tressel is a cheater, a liar, etc, etc. Uhm...That guy must really want to get fired or something. Anyway, I didn't want to be stuck in the Memphis airport all night, but then again I also didn't want to take off when the storm was still going on. We boarded at about 8:40, which worried me because there was still lightning all across the sky. The pilot came on and said "We are expecting this to be a pretty bumpy ride, it might be a little smoother about half way through...." The ride never got any smoother. The lady next to me told me she flies pretty often, like once a week often, and she said that flight was the worst she had ever been on. Which kind of gives me hope that I will never experience a flight worse than that. I've never been so happy as I was when we finally landed in Columbus, but once I picked up my suitcase, I realized that during the tornado warning, the lives of those who load luggage onto the plane are probably more important than our luggage and they had left all of our stuff outside. Everything inside of my suitcase was soaked. It was one in the morning, I had been up since 7, and all of my clothes were wet. It's a good thing Kelsey Spahr was there to greet me at the airport :) or I would have lost my mind last night. I was happy to see my mom and Cory too! I'm glad that day is over and I'm happy to be home. It was nice to sleep in my own bed last night.