My big weekend seemed to start off fine, at least until I got to my gate at the airport. I was soon greeted by the reality of about 7 different flights heading to Atlanta were delayed, due to gloomy weather there. My well timed flight did not leave Raleigh until 2 1/2 hours later than it was supposed to. So many other flights into Atlanta were also delayed getting there from other cities. Does that mean that my connecting flight to Pittsburgh was delayed so I could still catch it? Of course not! That one had to somehow leave on time, without me, of course. That put me in the less than comfortable position of flying on standby. I was praying that I'd not have to spend the night in Atlanta. I'm sure it's a nice city but its weather placed it firmly on my hit list since it tanked my evening plans. Not going to take the midnight train to Georgia....ever!
The only thing I had going for me was that there were many other people who missed their connecting flights, so even though the 2nd to last flight to Pittsburgh had about 40 people on the standby list, we all made it onto the flight. I was excited by the fact that there were quite a few who were decked out in Steelers gear, as was I. Can't go to Pittsburgh without wearing my black & gold! Even in Raleigh I followed a guy wearing an autographed Jerome Bettis jersey through security.
The upshot was that I arrived in Pittsburgh more than 3 hours later than I'd planned, so I didn't get to hang out with Beth & Mike, which greatly bummed me out. The upside was that I did get to Pittsburgh safely and Will was there with his famous Hat to pick me up. Even at that late hour, I was really happy to be in Pittsburgh. The sight that greeted me when I got to Will's house and to their guest room, was a bedframe wrapped in yellow Steelers tape, an inflated helmet hanging from the curtain rod, Steelers blanket on the bed and an awesome goodie bag full of Steelers stuff from Alicia! With all that black & gold goodness surrounding me, I was assured of sweet dreams for sure!
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