First of all we had delays just getting to Houston last week but we though once the third snow storm blew through Buffalo when we were in the hot Texas air we would be fine on the way home. It wasn't meant to be.
We were delayed an hour getting out of Houston yesterday - just to finally get on the packed plane and taxi around and around the airport and the pilot announce that he was shutting off his engines because he could not take off and we were going to just sit out on the runway. Apparently there were severe storms between Houston and Chicago - right in our path!!!
Thankfully there was a quick break in the weather and we were told to sit quickly, turn off everything, get those seat belts on and we were off. We were sure by that point we would miss our connector in Chicago to Buffalo but NO--that flight was delayed another four hours. We had a nice dinner in the airport- got the boys in their pajamas and turned on the DVD ( LOVE THOSE!). Here are a few pictures of airport time!
Daddy and Joshua eating dinner and the boys playing in the cool airport tunnel with lots of lights and 'people movers".
Then they got very tired....
Finally - we were off on the bumpiest plane ride of my life to Buffalo - all our stomachs dropped quite a few times. We arrived in Buffalo after 1:00am and finally pulled into our home at 2:15am.
BUT...it does not stop there.
We were greeted with the strong smell of Natural Gas as soon as we opened our door and noticed our security system was off and the phones were dead - we put the sleeping boys in their bed- opened all the windows - turned on all the fans and set off to see what was wrong.
We were greeted with a totally flooded basement- YUCK!
Brett realized that the sump pump had gotten stuck so he set to work getting that restarted and I called the fire department. They showed up - full lights and all at 2:45am-
They insisted that we get the boys out of the house and they went in will full gear - re-breathers and all to investigate. Both boys were transported to the rescue squad and placed on the cots and had their oxygen level evaluated. Apparently the furnace pilot was tripped or something and caused the gas problem.
The house was finally aired out and kids put back to bed again - now about 4:00am - still no sleep at all for mom and dad just lots of cleaning. Brett said it that this was a great way to have the floors cleaned -come on, I could have mopped or something!
It is now 10:00am - we are so very tired but life goes on. The basement has lots of fans blowing in it - Grandpa is on his way over with a big industrial fan and I am going to call the insurance company.
I think it will be an early to bed night!!!!!
6 comments:
bless your hearts... i love that you got a picture of the fire truck at 3 in the morning... are you ever going to travel back to texas again?
steph - it is going to be a long time and i really don't think i can do it with 3 kids myself!
Wow! That made me tired, just reading about it! It sounds like you all handled that incredibly well (and I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have been so calm) :) Glad you're back safe (though I'm sorry that we missed getting together!)
i insist on a private jet for your texas travels from now on. this is truly ridiculous. did you cry? i would have cried.
I know who we're not calling to wash our floors!
Seriously, we are glad that everyone is safe and sound now.
Wow... At each paragraph I kept saying oh my gosh... then oh my gosh... it just kept getting worse... that's horrible. I hereby relinquish my worst travel award from the Cayman's and give it to you! I'm soo sorry. ... and this is why we come to you!
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