Updates as Requested

So a girl said I should write a blog...and I'm assuming she meant on blogspot...so here it goes:
I am currently in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Let's do a recap: When arriving in Pheonix, AZ, we got on a plane to Chicago. However, before taken the pilot came on, laughed and said, "you know, kinda a funny situation, we have a loose screw, so we're gonna be just a few minutes getting that fixed". Well, the mysterious loose screw (how was it originally noticed, what was its importance?) took about an hour to fix before take-off. Thus, we landed late. Late with about 20 minutes before our plane to Grand Rapids would leave. (And we were in a different terminal.) The flight attendents let those needing to catch the 915 flight leave the plane first. We RAN. Now, first of all the chicago o'hare airport is one of the largest....around. (or something) We were in terminal E, and we needed to get to C3. We felt running would be faster than waiting in a long line for a shuttle. USUALLY you would hit E, then D, then C. But not at this airport. No. Here we ran through B before C. And when we reached C it started with C14 and worked backwards...so we ran to the farthest gate possible. We got there at 907. The plane was there...but they wouldnt let us go to the plane. Even though the plane was there, and not taking off anytime soon. Another girl headed towards grand rapids had ran along with us the whole time. So it was my family of four, and her, who were not let on the plane. We then were figuring out what to do. Rent a car and drive three hours to Grand Rapids, and take the girl (who was nice and safe and whatnot). Or get hotel vauchers, and catch the first flight out tomorrow. The dilema was that a lot of flights for Grand Rapids had already been cancelled for the next day due to weather, so we didnt know if we'd even be able to leave the next day. Finally, we chose to stay in the hotel. We didnt have our suitcases, but i just so happened to have my pjs in my backpack. Totally random. We hung out with the girl, shared stories about our lives, talked about colleges, music, etc. Talked about Sufjan Stevens on accounta him being from Michigan and such.
ANYWAYS. We woke up at 530 and left the hotel at 6. Our flight left at 8. That all went fine, our flight wasnt cancelled, but ones after ours were. I listened to "chicago" at the airport. We arrived in Michigan...snow snow snow. Beautiful. Food. Etc. Stood in snow, stomped in snow, looked up at snow. It's nice, I'm full.
So that's an update.
Tomorrow night we drive to our hometown after seeing our old neighbor play at a concert. Anways, the next few days will be good. (Yes i have three college apps to finish, shh.)
lovelovelove
Claudia