We made it!

We made it to Maryland today! Yesterday we decided that it would be smarter to spend the night at a hotel near the airport vs. getting up before dawn to deal with the ice, snow, and traffic. So, we got to the airport the requisite 2 hours early with all of the other weary travelers. Everything went pretty smoothly. Northwest didn't have any wheelchairs available when I checked in, so I just used my walker through security and to the gate.

Security was a trip and a half on one leg. They did the "female assist" check, which basically meant wanding me down to see if I had any metal objects and then they swabbed my shoes, walker, crutches, AND cast for bomb residue. The first time she swabbed my cast it set off the "something suspicious" alarm and they had to do it all over again. Pretty much this whole time I was looking like a flamingo, until they gave me my walker to lean on. Finally the 2nd time they determined that I was NOT hiding a bomb in my cast and let me through.

Once on board the airplane (again, using the walker that BARELY fits down the aisle) we spent 1.5 hours on the runway waiting for them to de-ice it and for us to wait our turn in the long traffic jam to take off. It took us longer to get in the air than it did to fly here. We did arrive, approximately 2 hours after we were supposed to. After all of this time on the plane and all of the waiting, my foot hurt really bad. So, I'm here, at my parents' house resting and elevating so that the throbbing will stop. I know it will eventually :)

I wish everyone who may be reading this a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for the love and support!