I can safely say I have never experienced a day like this before...
Jake and I got to the airport and to the gate by 6:45am. We sat down at the gate, and Jake slept while I read. After a little Bible & prayer time, I decided to go for a walk. I got back by 8:30am, and jake was waking up. He said it is strange because it was now darker than when he fell asleep. I said, "That's not good considering it was early in the morning when you fell asleep and now it is later in the morning. It should be lighter now. Little did we know...
The Delta Airlines plane was late boarding. The plane was supposed to leave by 9:10am but we didn't board until 9:30am. No problem, except we had a 2 hour window from when we were supposed to land in Chicago to when we took off. Any delays in Minneapolis were making this transfer in Chi-town awfully tight!
Well, once we boarded, we sat on the plane on the tarmac for an hour. Did I spell "tarmac" correctly? Anyway, then they pulled onto the runway where we sat for another hour. At 11:45am, we took off. Yeah! I knew we would miss our flight to Seoul but figured something could be worked out.
Once in Chicago, we left Terminal 2, where we landed, to go to Korean Air at Terminal 5. We did miss our connecting flight to Seoul and found out there was only one Korean Air flight tomorrow. It was booked. They sent us back to Delta because they flew us from Minneapolis to Chicago and should help us find another way. So, we went back to the Delta counter in Terminal 2.
At the Delta counter, we saw 2 older men from our Minneapolis flight who also missed the same connecting flight to Seoul. One is an army Chaplain in Korea and the other is a businessman headed to Korea. The 4 of us worked together to have Delta help us out. Fortunately, the Delta rep at the ticket counter was very helpful.
We ended up spending 3-4 hours standing at the ticket desk while she tried to work out other options for us. The chaplain got his stuff and left. The other man was next and he was giving her some grief about the whole situation. I kept telling her how much I appreciated her effort because she was really trying to work things out for us. The guy was bouncing back and forth from being a nice guy to riding her about how this whole thing is Delta's fault. He was also being a little fussy about his seating. So I just said that I am happy with whatever she gets us at this point. He backed off and let her do her thing.
The final result? She got us a ticket back to Minneapolis where we will fly out at 3pm Saturday to Tokyo, then to Singapore, then to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I have to laugh! We left this morning only to fly back tonight so we can leave tomorrow.
Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?
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