{"id":96,"date":"2008-02-13T08:54:56","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T16:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/13\/to-houston-and-back\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T08:54:56","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T16:54:56","slug":"to-houston-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/13\/to-houston-and-back\/","title":{"rendered":"To Houston and Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><strong>A semi-live blogging event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Here was how yesterday was supposed to go:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:00 AM PST &#8211; Get up and head to the airport.<\/li>\n<li>6:40 AM PST &#8211; Fly to Houston and arrive around 11:35 AM CST.<\/li>\n<li>1:00 PM CST &#8211; Attend Kick Off Meeting with a client.<\/li>\n<li>3:00 PM CST &#8211; Conclude meeting and head back to George H. W. Bush Intercontinental Airport (that has to be the longest name for an airport around) .<\/li>\n<li>6:30 PM CST &#8211; Fly back home to Vegas.<\/li>\n<li>7:30 PM PST- Arrive in Vegas and go home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">This would have made for a quite long day with about 10 hours of travel for a 2 hour meeting.  If only it could have happened that way.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Now for the real story:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Throughout the night &#8211; Wife and baby were sick with colds and fever.  We all had rough nights sleeping.<\/li>\n<li>4:20 AM PST &#8211; Got up and went to the airport.<\/li>\n<li>6:40 AM PST &#8211; Fly to Houston&#8230; so far so good.<\/li>\n<li>11:00 AM CST &#8211; Announcement overhead stating that there are storms in Houston and we have been requested to hold over San Antonio for about 30 minutes.  No big deal at this point.  I&#8217;ll still have time to meet my colleague and get to the meeting.<\/li>\n<li>12:00 PM CST &#8211; Announcement overhead stating that we have been requested to hold for an additional 30 minutes.  This makes things really tight but ok.  Ah, but the message wasn&#8217;t over.  After a brief pause, the pilot announced that we don&#8217;t have the fuel to stay up for another delay and we are going to land in Austin.  Day ruined.<\/li>\n<li>12:30 PM CST &#8211; Land in Austin.  Call work colleague and tell him I won&#8217;t make the meeting.  He had already seen the re-route and was ready to go by himself.  While we are waiting on the tarmac to get refueled, I was able to call home and found out my wife was going to take our son to the doctor for his cold.  I really hoped all was well and couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about them.  If I had known that this would have happened, I could have stayed home and taken care of them rather than fly half way across the country and back (dressed up nicely at that).<\/li>\n<li>2:00 PM CST &#8211; Get in line to take off to Houston.  Decided to start writing this out on paper to pass the time.  I&#8217;ve had nothing to eat or drink today, not even water.<\/li>\n<li>2:10 PM CST &#8211; Announcement that we will be able to take off at 2:40.  Not holding my breath.<\/li>\n<li>2:53 PM CST- We have liftoff!  Should be 31 minutes to Houston.<\/li>\n<li>3:35 PM CST &#8211; Touchdown! At this point, at least I&#8217;ve had one small glass of ice water.  My plan was to eat at the airport and then try to find my way back home.<\/li>\n<li>4:00 PM CST &#8211; I look on the flight board and see a 4:10 flight back to Vegas.  I don&#8217;t think I can make it in time but I also don&#8217;t see any other Vegas flights on the board (including my scheduled flight) so I skip food and try to make this flight.  SUCCESS!  I&#8217;m on my way back home, even if without food.<\/li>\n<li>4:35 PM CST &#8211; I&#8217;m in the air and heading home.  I am so hungry I could eat a horse.  Not sure exactly when I&#8217;ll get home but I&#8217;m glad this long ordeal is almost over.  I watch Gladiator to pass the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">I made it home around 6:00 PM with Burger King in hand.  Such a long day with no real purpose.  I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s over.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">NOTE: My apologies for the inconsistency regarding time (sometimes using present tense sometimes past tense).  I knew I was switching back and forth but don&#8217;t want to worry about fixing it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/13\/to-houston-and-back\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-facebook-plugin\/facebook_share_icon.gif\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A semi-live blogging event.<br \/>\nHere was how yesterday was supposed to go:<\/p>\n<p>4:00 AM PST &#8211; Get up and head to the airport.<br \/>\n6:40 AM PST &#8211; Fly to Houston and arrive around 11:35 AM CST.<br \/>\n1:00 PM CST &#8211; Attend Kick Off Meeting with a client.<br \/>\n3:00 PM CST &#8211; Conclude meeting and head back to George H. W. 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