finally home

Well I didn't find fame and fortune on my vacation. The trip home was terrible. We got up at 3am for our 7am flight. The shuttle was to pick us up at 4:05am, so we had a hour for 2 of us to shower and dress and check out. Ok, check. We were at the airport in time. Vegas to phoenix was ok. Phoenix to Philly left a half hour late and got in an hour late, right when we were to get our next flight. We had to circle in a holding pattern for an hour because we were unable to land due to weather. We hurried to our flight. Tina said to the guy 'please let us on the plane'. He told her he would if the plane was there. It hadn't left State College yet. That was good, we didn't miss it. That was at 6pm. He said an hour. Good we could finally eat something as I hadn't eaten all day. We went back to our gate. They told us the flight was cancelled and we would be on the next flight at 8:40 and sent us to a new gate. Of course 8:40 comes and goes, with no announcements. At 9ish we are told they are waiting for a flight crew. An elderly woman starts trying to recruit crews. At 10:10 we are put on the plane, so I inform our ride we should be underway in a half hour and home by 11:30. Then we sit...and sit...and sit. At 11:15 we are told we may be about 10th in line for take off and in the air in about a half hour. At 11:40, we leave. We arrive around 12:25am. I'm sure you know what comes next. No luggage. No one to be found. I call airport operations on the courtesy phone. He says another flight will be coming in 10 minutes and someone from the airlines should be at their counter soon. I hear someone say the next flight has 9 passengers and 22 bags, sounds promising....but it comes and goes and still no luggage. So we file a baggage claim. They said the next flight comes in at 11 today and they will bring it once they find it. I intend to write a strongly worded letter to someone, somewhere.