FLYING *$*&^

Well it is Saturday morning and we still have not reached our final destination. Our first flight from Saginaw was delayed by about 20 minutes and we really didn't think much about it until we got to Detroit and after a very long walk to our gate found our next flight to be delayed by and hour, at first! Then the time kept changing and changing and changing until finally when it said departure at 10:30pm instead of the 7:30pm originally scheduled, we decided that the 3 hour layover had quickly turned into 6 hours. At 10:00 the loud speaker announced that 10:30 was probably not a realistic time but that the plane was coming from Chicago and they would get us in route to our destinations as soon as they could. We finally boarded at about 11:45 and then had to wait due to the short staffed baggage crew (because it was so late) to load our luggage. Of course our final flight from Houston to Austin was long gone and we couldn't catch it if we were Superman! Our plane finally took off at about 12:30 and we landed in Houston at about 3:30am central time. We were greeted at the gate with an airline rep that had vouchers for the 6 passengers that missed their connections and a shuttle on the way to wisk us off to a hotel for a very few hours of sleep. We also were given breakfast vouchers and $100 vouchers for a future flight each. They booked us on the earliest flight this morning which isn't until 8:30am. Hopefully all will go smooth this morning as we all planned to catch the free shuttle at 6:30am to get to the airport early just in case!! My brother has no idea what time to come and pick us up yet since we were in flight into the wee hours of the night, but hopefully I can reach him early and get him on his hour drive to pick us up! I am just very glad the graduation isn't until Sunday!
I must say that the flights are getting easier but some of it has to do with the drugs the doc gave me I'm sure, because we flew right along with a thunderstorm last night and the bumps were not my cup of tea! But I survived and am going to try and not take one this morning for our short hour flight.
I will post more today after we finally make our destination! Wish us luck! And who said this would be quicker and better than driving???? NOT ME!!