| The "Cloud of Cancelled Flights" |
On the verge of tears I call both my parents and grandparents and get answering machines so then I go to the boarding gate and B10A and say"Look, I am unaccompanied, 15 years old and have no money. Can I have a ticket on another flight to Knoxville?" AND by George it was my lucky day. I got a flight with DELTA out of there at 7:55 and it is about 3:30 now. So I took this little train to the Terminal E where DELTA is. On the way I meet a women named Ellen who's going on to Knoxville and is now on the same flight as me. WE hung around together at the gate for our DELTA flight and had dinner at a PizzaHut near by. The flight ended up pulling in at 8:50pm and we left the Dallas airport at 9:30pm arriving in Knoxville at 12:04 am. So I was up at least nineteen hours with four hours of sleep before 3 am and one hour of sleep from Sac to Dallas. I spent 12 hours at the Dallas airport with my CD player, Ellen and a crossword puzzlebook for amusement. But all that matters is that I finally got here. | |