DC/Baltimore/NYC report #5: Yesterday was quite a day. I left in the morning to the train station and went to Baltimore to meet up with my ex-coworker Stacey who now works for the ACLU of Maryland. Good4her! She's a great woman and it was great getting the chance to have lunch with her and catch up. Also got to meet in person an old contact of mine, Suzanne, who works at the same office as Stacey and who I used to work with via phone while I was in DC. Nice to be able to meet her in person and reconnect. Then, Stacey drove me to the airport. However, the weather was really really lousy and we weren't sure about my flight.

My flight was delayed for about an hour or so before taking off, which I was a little unsure it would actually take off because of the horrible weather. But we did, after waiting on the runway for an hour or so. We then flew to NYC and, unfortunately, were in a holding pattern over the airport for another hour while they tried to get us through the snowstorm and the air traffic. Finally, they decided that we couldn't land there and we flew another hour to Syracuse, NY where the airlines put us up for the night at a motel. Didn't get to the motel room until around 9pm, some 7 hours after leaving Baltimore for a supposedly short, 45 minute flight to NYC. Syracuse, NY is not close to NYC for those who are not familiar with NY. It's about a 4-5 hour drive to NYC. So I settled in, after finally having dinner, and went to sleep.

This morning I flew out of Syracuse to NYC after another hour delay at the airport. Finally, I arrive in NYC and met up my friend Nathan's girlfriend Julia. She was kind enough to guide me back to their home in Jersey City after traveling around NYC for a time via bus/subway/etc. to try and get tickets to a broadway show which we were unsuccessful in obtaining. We just got back here to their home in Jersey City and ordered pizza. I'm tired and a bit cranky after a long, crazy trip up the east coast, but it'll be a lot better now that I'm settled into their home. I'll keep you posted.