Stuck in Utah (thanks a lot IRENE!)

Well today has been an interesting one. I was supposed to fly out of Salt Lake this afternoon. A few hours before my flight was supposed to leave, I got a text message saying my flight had been canceled. I called Southwest and got it rescheduled for tomorrow. It didn't make a lot of sense to me to cancel my flight on a day with clear weather and reschedule it for a day that a Hurricane was supposed to hit New Jersey, but that's just what Southwest decided was best apparently.

A few hours later, I get another text that my Saturday flight is canceled (of course! a Hurricane is coming folks!). I called immediately and was soon reassigned to a flight arriving in New Jersey Sunday night. Looking at the Hurricane's potential path/timeline I thought this one was going to work, hopefully arriving after the storm had settled.

Of course, it didn't.

Tonight I got another text saying my Sunday flight is cancelled. I called right away, was on hold for 25 minutes, and finally talked to a representive who then informed me that the next available flight is on September 1. A week from today. She tells me this at 9:30 pm Utah time, which of course is 11:30 pm NJ time - the exact time that my original plane should have touched down.

So, apparently I'm stuck in Utah for a week. Not a horrible place to be stuck, I suppose. In fact, I'm very glad that all this happened before I made my first connecting flight to Denver - because I sure wouldn't want to be stuck there for a week. I get another whole week with my family! A blessing indeed.

The kicker is that Paul drove back home as a companion to his road-tripping brother-in-law. It would be much easier to deal with this dilemma together - but I suppose it's a blessing since he starts school this week.

Oh yeah, and we are flying back to Utah on Sep 15 for my sister's wedding :) It's going to be a busy few weeks. Because, heck, I may have to find a new job now that I'm missing 7 scheduled shifts this week. (yikes!).

Blah blah blah blah stress, complain, stress, complain is about the summary of this little blog post. So let's end on a happy note, eh?

At least I get to spend some more time in this comfy hammock in my parents' backyard and stare at those beautiful green leaves. Hooray for that!