I've made it home

I left Budapest at 830am on Sunday morning (230am EST). Well, at least I was supposed too.  The plane sat on the tarmac for 45 minutes as we waited for a water truck (???) to come fill up the plane's water supply.  Two water trucks apparently broke down in the snowy cold weather, so we had to wait for the third working one.  This would have been fine, just a minor setback, if I didnt have a connection in London ONE HOUR after I was supposed to land there.  Sitting in Hungary for 45 minutes all but guaranteed that I was going to miss my connection, and my only hope was that the weather back in Philadelphia would delay the takeoff of my connection in London.  Arriving in London, I was told that my connecting flight had left on time, so I was forced to wait in line in Customer Service to figure out another way to get home.  Eventually, I got put on a flight to Montreal leaving London at something like 3:30pm (10:30am EST), getting there around 6pm EST with a connection to Philly at 8 and arriving at 10.  After a 4 hour wait in London with a little rest mixed in, I got on the flight to Montreal.  Arriving there, I did not see any signs of departure, and just assumed that I would be getting on a plane in 2 hours to go home.  I called my parents and everything to let them know when to get me, and the the unfortunate happened and I found a departure list stating my flight to Philly had been cancelled.  Wonderful.  I gathered my bags and found customer service, who said there were no other flights to Philadelphia that evening and they would put me up in a hotel overnight, with a 750am EST flight to Ottawa the next morning and a further connection to Philly at 11:30am.  So I got a few hours of rest at the hotel, was up early to the airport, and boarded the plane to Ottawa.  I arrived in Ottawa and immediately saw that the flight to Philly was cancelled again!!!!!! I then waited in line in the US Airways customer service line, who were able to get me on a Continental flight to Newark because I would not be able to get into Philly for at least two days.  After a 2 hour wait to check in at the Continental line and a few beers at the bar, I finally was on a plane to the US.  I arrived in Newark around 2:30pm on Monday and my Dad had driven up to pick me up.  I was home by 5.  Not the best way to end an awesome semester, but I am glad I made it home with only 27 hours of delays.  I still have other friends from Europe trying to make it home still!!