Four Calling Birds

On the fourth day of Christmas, we slept. We were awakened to the smell of bacon emanating from my mothers kitchen. We got up and ate a delicious French toast and bacon and coffee cake and eggs breakfast. We hung out with my mom and her husband until it was time to go to Holland for the first Christmas.

We went to GR to meet up with Jaimes parents and then the four of us headed out to Aunt Ruths house. On the way out it started snowing. It was beautiful. I had been longing for snow for over a year and there it was. Horray! The actual celebration was boring as usual. I didnt take part in the gift exchange. (I have enough $10 flashlights.) The food was delicious.

By the time we left the snow was really coming down. We were supposed to pick Jenna and Brett up at 945pm from Gerald R Ford Int and when we checked the flight was still on time. When we got to the airport it was really dark. It seemed like it was shut down and only the security lights were on. By this time, the snow was blowing sideways and the wind pierced our coats. There was at least six inches on the ground.

When we finally found our way to the terminal from long term parking it became apparent that something wasnt right. There were about 64 million people waiting for people to arrive and the lights were nearly all turned off. The arrival board said that all but one flight out of Chicago was on time. It didnt make sense.

After standing around for a little bit we over heard that the main power was out and they were on generators. They also werent letting any flights land until 1000pm because they needed to clear the ice off the runway. Then when the planes land they have to wheel stairs to them so that people can get off the planes because the jet ways arent working. Also, there are at least four planes circling, waiting to land. One of which Jenna and Brett are on.

At 1030 my phone rings. Its Jenna. This discussion followed.

Me: Hey, did you guys land?
Jenna: Yeah, what airport are you guys at?
Me: Were at Gerald R Ford. What do you mean what airport are we at?
Jenna: Were in Detroit.

The conversation continued but Ill summarize. They were circling GR, waiting for a chance to land and got low on fuel. They sent them back to Detroit, told them to get off the plane and get their luggage. They were canceling the flight and the next flight into GR was 830pm the next day. I told her to see if they could rent a car or get a flight close, like Muskegon, Lansing or Kalamazoo then when she knew give us a call.

We went back to Jaimes parents house and Jenna called back. They got a flight to Lansing and should be arriving around 0115am. Jaime and I borrowed her moms GPS and headed out. We picked them up and went to Kalamazoo certain that we never wanted to drive again.