Stateside!

We just touched down in NYC, which feels really good. Not that I did not enjoy my experience in Ghana, but after the travel experience we had yesterday, I'm excited that I'm here at all. It went something like this:

3:00: We attempt to check in online, only to find out that our flight has been canceled
5:00: We head to the airport six hours early hoping to get rebooked on another flight back to the States
6:30: We finally get our tickets, though two of our group members discover they do not have confirmed seats
7:30: After an hour in the Customs line, Kofi uses his status to bump us to the priority line
8:30: After nearly finishing checking everyone in, Lauren urgently steps out of line to run to the bathroom, nearly passing out on the way there
8:40: Lauren is taken out of the bathroom in a wheelchair and rushed to a nearby clinic
8:50: We are told to wait with Lauren's luggage while a Delta attendant tracks down Lauren for her passport
9:30: Per the advice of another agent, we assign one person to wait for Lauren's passport, and the rest of us head to our gate
10:30: After finally making it through Immigration and Security, we finally make it to the gate (5.5 hours later!)
10:45: Lauren finally makes it to the gate, and we all get our seat assignments (even the two girls flying on standby tickets!). Most of us end up flying business class, and Erinn is bumped to first (which she graciously offered to Lauren).
12:15: Over an hour after our scheduled departure time, we finally take off

So it all turned out fine in the end, but what a hassle in the interim. I'm just glad to be back in a city with flush toilets again :)