OMG, I don't know where exactly you're headed, but just as an "average" I went to NOAA and checked on the weather for Portland, OR. THEY are getting snow and freezing rain; I know that recently there were blizzard conditions in Seattle... ick. I guess there's another system developing over the Pacific which is going to being more freezing crap into that neck of the woods...My heart goes out to ya, Cel... if ya ever get a chance again to read this.
Here in Iowa it's COLD AS HELL, but that's livable; it's snowing AGAIN, but it's the dry snow, again livable. (The sub-zero temps can go take a long hike off a short pier, though.)
Anyway, I hope you stay safe; remember, being bored and "put off" and so on is far better than being in a plane crash... I guess something happened to that effect in Denver, gotta go read the news about whatever THAT was. Anyway, stay warm, stay safe, and even if you don't get to your destination until the 26th you can look at it this way: THEY will have ANOTHER Christmas, which will be super.
And you have a "fun" (really!) Christmas story to relate for the rest of your days.
Wow... Christmas in an airport! Could be interesting!
Ok, sorry, I'm not trying to be facetious here or anything; I wish you the best of luck, and hope that when you FINALLY get where you're going, you then get home again safely.
We'll all be thinking of ya and keeping our collective fingers crossed!
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I ride the Stormcloud and the Night!