“HOME”… but not without a fight from NC

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According to Google Maps, to drive to Las Vegas from Greenville NC takes 38 hours.   But by flying, I made it in just 36! Booyah!

That wasn’t the original plan (which was 7 hours).  I left Greenville at 11am on Friday.  But then I said, “Hey Pilot! I’m not ready to leave.  Let’s just sit here on the runway for 40 more minutes.”  And he was like “Cool Emma” and so we took off a little late.

The flight to Charlotte is 50 minutes… usually.  But when we got there, the weather was bad, and I didn’t want any of it.  I said, “Hey Pilot! Let’s go to the beach instead!”  The pilot was happy because he wanted to get gas anyway.  So we went to Myrtle Beach and I got to see all MB has to offer from my window seat.  After 30 minutes I told the pilot I was ready to go, so we headed once again for Charlotte.

By the time we landed, I had missed my connection, and the next flight wasn’t until 6:00, 5 hours after my original connection time.  But this was perfect because my dad was connecting in Charlotte too, so I got to see him for a few minutes… he was visiting me at my gate.  But then I wasn’t done spending time with him, so I said “Hey Pilot! Let’s cancel this flight, because I want more time with my dad and spend the night with friends in Charlotte!”  Apparently lots of people wanted to spend time with their dads or friends in Charlotte too, because every single flight was delayed or cancelled out of that airport that night.

So I got to spend time with my rescue-er, Andrew Shank! I didn’t know he was even in Charlotte, but my faithful friend and Twitter follower alerted me as I was updating (follow me! emmak916).  It was so, so great to see him.  And if ya’ll want to support him as he starts seminary soon, let me know! J

The next day I got to see my dad at the airport once more, I didn’t make it on the first standby flight, but by 6pm on Saturday, I was finally on my way to Vegas.

And here I am!

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