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September 11, 2012 By Talya Tate Boerner 12 Comments

this guy boarded right in front of me

one layover in Chicago
two cancelled flights
three gate changes
four glasses of wine
five flight delays
six pieces of gum
seven strolls around the airport
eight new friends
nine paragraphs written
ten text messages
eleven pages left in my book
twelve hours later

we landed in Washington DC
i hope our trip home today is better

talya

The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace

Hell, which as every frequent traveler knows, is in Concourse D of Oโ€™Hare Airport.โ€” Dave Barry.

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  1. Colene says

    September 11, 2012 at 7:17 am

    #13 up next! Glory, glory!

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  2. TateFarmGirl says

    September 11, 2012 at 11:09 am

    We made it home with no issues. Hallelujah. And on September 11.

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  3. Nancy says

    September 11, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Only 4 glasses of wine?

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    • TateFarmGirl says

      September 12, 2012 at 8:29 am

      Yes! 2 for me and 2 for my mother.

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  4. TimH says

    September 11, 2012 at 8:15 pm

    Glad you’re home, safe and sound, And traveling away from Washington D.C. on September 11, I assume, should be safer than flying toward D.C. , but then again, who knows, and I’m sure the events of 9/11 crossed all traveler’s minds, today, especially those who were flying. By the way, my wife is in Chi-town at a company conference and flying home tomorrow evening. I was thinking you could have gone and stayed in her hotel room while you were waiting at O’Hare, but then I remembered she said it took her two hours to get from the airport to her hotel room. It isn’t that she is far away from the airport, but the traffic there is turrrbul.

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  5. Kelsey Erickson says

    September 12, 2012 at 5:42 am

    You forgot one oversold tour bus and a few more glasses of wine after that ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • TateFarmGirl says

      September 12, 2012 at 8:29 am

      true.

      Reply
  6. pittypatter says

    September 12, 2012 at 6:20 am

    Glad you’re back home. When’s you next trip? Either by auto, taxi (to the wine store), plane, eagle or imagination……….

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    • TateFarmGirl says

      September 12, 2012 at 8:29 am

      Pat – I hope my next trip is Dairy Hollow with you and Dorothy! yay. T.

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  7. Anonymous says

    September 12, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    Welcome Home! WE need to do a trip sometime! Glad you had some Kelsey time! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  8. Anonymous says

    September 12, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    i am telling you, if you put scenes like this in a movie-the reviewer would be talking about how ridiculous and impossible that these things would happen like that!

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    • TateFarmGirl says

      September 13, 2012 at 4:36 am

      this doesn’t happen to everyone?

      Reply

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