You know, a 3 hour lay over in a airport 1 hour away from my stepmother is not the only traveling mistake I made Monday. I didn’t mean to come home in the middle of a snow storm. Honest. I didn’t.

What a nightmare the airport was. The minute we landed, everyone got on their cell phones and I started hearing conflicting reports of which route to take home. I did hear that I should fill the tank, go the bathroom, and bring food because it was going to be a long haul. I didn’t want to call my mom, because it was kinda late, so I did as instructed, picked up my luggage and headed out to the parking lot.

Now, I never knew that cold temperatures could affect elevators but 4 of the 6 elevators were out of service. And it took me, I kid you not, 10 minutes to take an elevator up one floor. There were people who would flat out NOT hold the door while I struggled to get over to the elevator going up with everything in my hands. It was a breakdown in humanity, I’m telling you. But, then I got up to the fifth floor and… realized I had forgotten where I had parked. I knew it was 101… something. Possibly the 5th floor.

It took 25 minutes of walking around for me to find it. Up and down the aisles. FYI – 5G-101.

So, I got out of the parking lot no problem. But then, it actually got worse at that point. 20 minutes on the road to the freeway and I had moved yards. I gave in and called my mom, took her advice and checked into their airport Hilton. Really comfy bed and, in my opinion, black out curtains are the best invention of the 20th century. My next bedroom is going to have some. I stayed there until checkout, giving all the ice a chance to melt, before I headed home.

Now, I’m home, surrounded by snow, with a cat who won’t leave my side. She missed me. It’s cozy. Another storm is on the way, and I’m bummed because it will delay my trip up to Victoria. But I’ve got hot chocolate, plenty of stuff saved up on the tivo, laundry to do, and a level 19 Night Elf Hunter who is soooo close to levelling up to 20 it’s not even funny. So I’ve got no real complaints. it’s all good.