No place like home

A week ago I had to make an unexpected trip to South Dakota. The flight was booked only a week before departure and was not a direct flight. I had always heard of people having a nightmare trip with delayed flights and I had been fortunate to not ever have that happen, until now.
My flight left Sunday at 2:30 pm so I got there about 12:30 to get checked in , go through security and have a few minutes to spare. At the time we were to be boarding the plane they announced it was running about 2 hours behind schedule. Not good! Finally we were able to board and everyone was worried they would miss there connecting flights. We arrived in Chicago at the time I was supposed to be boarding the plane to South Dakota. If you have ever been to the Chicago airport you know what a huge terminal it is! I took my chances and tried to make my flight, the air attendant said that it was about 18 minutes in a brisk walk to make it to the location I needed to be at. I took off in a fast walk/ run with my purse / laptop and my suitcase that I had carried on. By the time I had reached the terminal I was sweaty, out of breath and told I would have to book on the next flight later that evening. Geez. The next flight left at 8:40 that night. I ended up getting to Sioux Falls, SD only to find out I had to drive another hour and a half to S Sioux Falls, NE to get to my motel room. I got to the motel room about 12:30 am.
On Monday my appointment was at 9:00am and I was done by 1:00 pm, I drove back an hour and a half to the terminal. This time the flight leaves on time, thank goodness. Our plane gets to Denver Colorado and guess what........ the flight has been delayed by 2 hours. This is crazy! I finally get back to Springfield, MO at 11:30 pm, drive to Webb City. What a trip!
I was so excited to be home, even though I had only been gone a day and a half it felt like a week. My sweet husband left the lamp on for me in the bedroom and  on my nightstand was a beautiful bouquet of flowers he had there waiting  to welcome me home. All the frustrations that I experienced had were wiped away in an instant. I love to go places but there is definitely no place like home.