Tight V. Formation

Yeah, so I get here to Chicago and apparently they've went and cancelled my flight this evening to Columbus. The next flight out is in the morning at 7:40... and the airline won't put people up in hotels. So I'm sitting here...camped out on a dead baggage claim belt in terminal 2. The airport staff have been as unhelpful as possible. There were supposed to be cots or something down here but I've seen none so far...just others like me...camping out on the baggage claim belts. I guess I won't be working tomorrow morning as planned.

Free Wi-Fi at the airport.

So I'm stuck here another two and a half hours, but it's cool. My original flight on United was delayed in Chicago, so they transferred me over to a Delta flight going straight through to LA at 7:30ish. So now, I don't have to layover in Denver at all and I'm going to land in the City of Angels an hour earlier than before... at no extra cost!
It's unusually dead for this time of year. I guess most of the Christmas travelers have already flown out today or arrived earlier. There was no madhouse at the check-in counter. No long lines through the security queue..speaking of which, I was randomly selected for extra screening. I call it AAA. Airport Affirmative Action. For every Middle Easterner they pull aside for extra screening, they have to pull four caucasions out as well to avoid getting sued for racial profiling. It was okay though. I prefer they do the extra screening than not, and happily obliged. Now if there were some body cavity search involved... I'd have to draw the line. All is good though. I should arrive in plenty of time to pick up my rental. If there's one thing I love, it's driving through the San Bernardino Mountains on a winter night. I'm sure I will be loaded with Starbucks and Red Bull by the time I get to Tehachapi.