Brush Fires Bad for Travel

It was great to see every one again in LA! I arrived at 1 am Saturday. My girlfriend Ivy picked me up from the Ontario airport. We didn't have a lot of time to do many stuff, so Saturday we basically went to Santa Monica for the day. My mom flew in from Taiwan Saturday night and brought back lots of food. I was very happy to see my dogs again. I could tell they were very happy when they recognized me. I never knew Bowser could wag his tail this hard! My brother Fred was home for the weekend too, since he's studying for step 3. It was good to sleep in my room again, although it was pretty empty.

On Sunday Ivy and I went to Huntington Library. They were having their orchid show, but boy, was it pretty boring. I enjoyed the out door garden more. I remember not so long ago that there were no entrance fee. Then my mom told me it was $6 when she went recently. Well, when we got there on Sunday, the fee was $15!!! It would be worth it for someone who enjoys flowers. It was worth it for me because it gave me a chance to just stroll around with Ivy. =)

Then came Sunday night...my flight back to Columbus was a total nightmare! We experienced very strong winds and dust storms on our drive to the airport. I had no problem getting on the plane, then as the plane was about to take off, the pilot brought it back to the terminal! I was like, what??? There was a delay because of the high winds and brush fires. One and a half hours passed by, and we took off anyway in the strong winds! I saw fires everywhere on the mountains.

I missed my connecting flight and was forced to sleep over at Las Vegas airport. I chatted with a lot of people sleeping at the airport and looked like flights from San Diego and Irvine were also delayed. I couldn't get to work on Monday and had Heather cover me in the hospital. I didn't arrive to Columbus until 4:20pm, which was about 11 hours late.