STRANDED!!! again. *sigh*

Remember when I was stranded in Indy?  Well, guess what?  Yup, I'm stuck again.  The plane is fine, the weather is not.

The customer visit went great, and we all came away feeling good about it.  When we got back to the airport, the pilots were watching the radar, saying that it didn't look good in KC.  Big time storms.  We went to the lounge area of the airport (some private airport on the IL side of St. Louis.  I have no idea where we were.

As soon as we sat down, one of the pilots popped in and said, "Let's go.  We'll get to Columbia (MO) and see what's happening."  We climed on the plane (much bigger and more comfy than the last trip, but more on that later) and headed West. 

Upon landing, the weather at home looked much worse.  Thunderstorms, hail, tornado watches...the whole 9 yards.  *sigh*  We could rent a car and drive home, but most rental places were hard to reach, and neither Dan nor myself felt good about driving 2 hours into a thunderstorm at night.  We agreed to wait it out with the pilots.

A little before 10, the weather at home looked worse still, and the decision was made.  We'd get rooms here in Columbia and try again in the morning.  This is going to throw a HUGE wrench in the works at my house in the morning.  Kevin doesn't deal well with unexpected wrenches.  He has to be at work on time for "spring visit" and we've made no plans for Mom to come over in the morning.

He took the phone to the bedroom with him, in case I needed to call, but he didn't hear it.  As I type this, he is sleeping peacefully, thinking he'll wake up with me by his side. *sigh*  I called to warn Brett, but he was asleep, and I doubt he'll remember our conversation.  I don't know what to do.

I know mom will see this in the morning, and I'll email her, too.  She'll be willing to do what it takes (she's pretty darned flexible), and we'll just haveto form a plan.  I am supposed to do statements in the morning, and there is nobody else there that knows how.  I'll have to talk someone through it on the phone.  Not an ideal situation.  In fact, it's the opposite of ideal, but what choice do we have?

We are to meet in the lobby at 7 in the morning, to grab a quick bite of breakfast and try to leave.  The weather doesn't look all that promising for tomorrow, and the storm will be HERE sometime tonight.  We better get out of here.  They said that we could leave, and go South around it and head back in from the Kansas side, if need be.  I just hope it works.

Just to let you know the full extent of my issues, I have no clothes.  I have no personal items.  I have no phone charger.  I have very little with me.  I'm quite thankful that I borrowed Mom's laptop to play with on the plane, or I'd be bored as heck.  We stopped at a WalMart on the way to the hotel and my company bought me a toothbrush.  I had deoderant and makeup from getting ready for this trip at work this afternoon.

Am I a jinx on these trips?  I'm beginning to wonder.  I'm just glad that our pilots are concerned with our safety above their own comfort.  They have wives that are even more unhappy about this than Kevin, because it happens to them more often.  They have kids who are used to not seeing them when they expect to, and that's just sad.

I'm rambling now.  I have to wake up in 6  hours, so I better wind down.  Pictures tomorrow...I think.