Virginia Trip Part 3

My goal was to write this last night, but when I got home I had zero energy. Once I got home, I ended up helping out one of my clients with something, fixing the EC camp database, and heading to bed. I slept pretty well, but this morning I was super tired. It’s probably because the weekend was so tiring.

Anyways, yesterday was the funeral for my grandmother. It occurred at 11am, and took place in the Church she went to for 50 some odd years. It was also the church where my parents got married. The funeral was very nice, though the pastor who presided over the service had only been the pastor for 2 and a half years, so he didn’t know Grandma at all. He told a lot about her history, as well as what she stood for and what she believed, mostly from what people had told him. He did a very nice job of speaking about what it meant to be saved and that Grandma would have wanted all of us to be saved. The pastor made a conscious effort to really try and preach the gospel which I appreciated, because I believe it’s important, and Grandma would have thought it was important too.

After the service we had a small ceremony at the gravesite and then a luncheon. That was pretty cool because I was able to hang out with a lot of extended family I didn’t even know I had, plus spend some time with some of the family I did know I had. I was able to talk with Jay and Paige (who were married about 4 months ago), which was nice, because at their wedding I really didn’t get to talk to them. They were too busy talking to the gobs of people who were there. :) I also found out one of my cousins worked for Staples as a Sales Manager for a couple of years. For any of you that know my history with Staples this ia a big blow. I practically had to cry myself to sleep last night. :)

After the luncheaon I said my goodbyes and headed to Fairfax which is where my last remaining grandmother lives. She’s my dad’s mom and the only grandparent I have left. I hadn’t seen her in about 6 months, and I had some time before my flight, so I opted to stop in and surprise her. She was very surprised which was cool. We were able to visit for about a couple of hours, and then I headed to the airport.

At the airport I quickly made it through check in and security, but found out my flight was delayed. I couldn’t find any specifics on why it was delayed, but I proceeded to the gate anyway. At the gate they announced that my flight which was supposed to take off at 8:20, was actually going to take off at 10:40. That’s right 2 hours and 20 minutes late! Yikes. Luckily, about 10 minutes later they decided to give us a new plane and a new gate. Our new departure time was 8:45. We actually didn’t end up taking off until about 9:45, because we had to wait for 20 or 30 people. That’s actually the reason they gave. My guess is since they had postponed it two hours some people had left the gate and were out and about finding something better to do rather than waiting around. Oh well. When we finally did take off the flight was a little bumpy at first, but that’s because the wind was terrible around DC yesterday. The landing was pretty cool, as we took the scenic route around Chicago once we got there. It was very pretty with all the lights, etc. It’s pretty cool to see the city you live in from that vantage point.

After waiting for my bag for almost 20 minutes I headed to my car and then home. The drive was pretty uneventful which was nice. Anyways, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. :)

Tags: personal, travel