ellen_datlow | My wine and I made it home--this morning

My flights back from Radcon yesterday were all screwed up because the plane I was meant to take from Pasco, WA to Denver and then on home was delayed in San Francisco, supposedly because of fog. (various SF residents have said "what"? But hey, that's what we were told. So my flight was three hours late, I missed the connection in Denver to NY and there were NO OTHER FLIGHTS OUT FROM DENVER TO NY THAT NIGHT--so I was shipped off to Los Angeles (from Denver) and just about made my flight having to maneuver from the United terminal at LAX to the American terminal (there was nothing else till hours later?).... I happily got my luggage, which to me is a miracle, having had it move through four separate airports and two different airlines.

So I got to my front door 10am, checked email quickly, ate some cheese and crackers--I hadn't eaten since lunch yesterday as I didn't have time to grab anything trying to catch my LAX plane home and they didn't serve ANY FOOD --FOR SALE OR ANYTHING on the effing plane.

Took a two hour nap and feel much better. Started unpacking and the two lovely bottles of Washington Wine Bob Brown gave me came through in my checked garment bag came through intact. And I got a note that the TSA searched my luggage--most likely the wine set them off.

Radcon was great but I've gotta say that traveling home from there nearly killed me. If I ever go again, I'm going to stay over somewhere enroute for a few days.