Getting to OKC

So the car I bought was just outside Oklahoma City in a town called Shawnee, OK.
The Plan was to fly out at about 6am on April 5th, and have the whole weekend to drive the car back if i needed, spending the night at a half way point, probably Kansas City.

Well, mother nature and Southwest Airlines shit all over that plan.

Thursday morning at work, I got an email informing me that my flight was canceled. What? Not a "hey, here's some other flights.." or ".. we're re-booking you..", Just a friendly "Nope." I immediately called southwest, and their only option to get me there for Friday, was to fly out Thursday night. Ugh.. add another night in a hotel to the bill. But with weather fast approaching, it looked like this was the only way to land on the only remaining business day that week, and I wanted to make sure banks and services were open and available encase something happened with the sale.

So I almost Immediately left work to go get my bank dealings done, pack,  and pick up the supplies that I originally had all afternoon and evening to complete (I had already planned to take a half day). Commence blitzkreig mode. Rushed home for lunch, threw a handful of shirts socks, and underwear in with my laptop and headed to the banks.

A few hours later my bank work was done, and I actually had some spare time, so I wound up getting a lift back to to my office to wrap up a few things. Perk of this is that Karl wouldn't have to fight traffic and snow to drop me off at the airport, and my office is right across the street from a light rail station that will happily take me all the way to the airport for $2.

Right now at the MSP airport, they continue to (somehow) claim that the government shutdown in NOVEMBER is still causing longer than average security checkpoint times, and are recomending the full 2.5 hours to get through security. Having not flown through the Humphrey terminal (terminal 2) in over 20 years, i opted to follow their advice instead of risking it.. so i got to the airport with what would have been about 2 hours to spare... to find out i had closer to 3 hours to spare.

Of course, the flight had been delayed, and i didn't find out until I actually got to the airport as the last 10-20 minutes of train ride on the light rail are all underground. Damn. Oh well. I plopped down and had some dinner at the only nice restaurant in terminal two, and a few drinks.

Finally, around 8pm We managed to depart... Stuck in a middle seat between two fat dudes. Thanks a lot southwest. Super happy with your "Cattle Call" boarding method.. then we had to De-Ice, and wait in line. We didn't get off the ground until 9:10. I keep crossing my fingers that I'll make my connection in Denver.. that it too will be delayed enough that i'll make it.. but there's no wifi on this plane to check.

We land in Denver at 11PM, and they announce that there are only 3 connecting flights they've made. LA, Pheonix, and... Oklahoma! Looks like I made it with some time to spare. The flight didn't leave until midnight.

Denver Airport.. WHY U BARS ALL CLOSE?

When it's all said and done, I landed in OKC at 12:50.. to get to my airport hotel by 1:15 for a few hours of sleep. I'm supposed to be picked up by the guys from the dealership at 9am.