The Plane Ride from Hell

OK so my trip back from Boston, MA was an absolute NIGHTMARE!!!!!
I get to the airport and it was quite ironic because I had just received a text from my friend telling me there was a bad storm in DC and I said jokingly hahaha I bet my flight will be delayed and I also told her I would not be happy if it was.

So of course I get to the airport and my flight is already delayed an hour and a half! And of course I got through security in 10 minutes so I had 3.5 hours to wait for the plane! But I kept telling myself that an hour and a half delay wasn't so bad plus my friends told me they would pick me up at the airport at 9pm when I got in so I wouldn't have to make my way home on public transit.

But then the plane that was supposed to take us to DC was coming from LA and got in later than 7:30 - it didn't get in until maybe 8 or 8:30 and then they had to deplane and clean it before we could board. Then as they were preparing the plane for us to get on they found out 2 out of 3 of the toilets were broken so they had to get maintenance in to fix it. This part was ridiculous because it is only an hour and a half flight to DC so we could manage with one toilet - and the pilot even told us later when we got on our plane to DC that he wanted to just have everyone use the restroom before boarding so we could just get to DC instead of waiting for maintenance but they wouldn't let him.

Also this whole time the people who worked at the desk were not giving us information about when the plane would be leaving so we couldn't leave the area to go get dinner! Then finally at 9pm they told us that they were going to be getting another plane for us because the maintenance was taking too long, so then we had to wait for another plane from San Diego which wouldn't be there for another half an hour! By this time every food place was closed and the only thing I could find was a newstand where I got bugles and gummy worms for dinner - this really made my mood so much better - NOT!

So finally after 30 minutes the flight lands from San Diego, they deplane and we end up boarding around 10:30pm finally - which was four and a half hours later than we were supposed to have left Boston! What makes the four and a half hour delay worse is it's only an hour and a half flight from Boston to DC, so it was awful waiting for such a long time for such a short flight! We finally got into DC at midnight and luckily my friends were nice enough to still come pick me up. When I was going to meet them though the floors were really slippery because they had just been mopped and I was wearing flip flops so I ended up crashing with my suitcase on the floor directly on my knees! So I have some nice scrapes and bruises from that!

At this point I was fed up with the whole day - it had been a LONG exhausting day, and I didn't even get to sleep until 1:45am and then had to get up at 6:30am for work...the morning at work was definitely a rough one!

So I am now really hoping that after that I have had my awful flying experience of the summer and that my plane does not get delayed coming home to Seattle!