On the one day when I wouldn't have minded a delay, we
ended up half an hour early, and C&I took only a few
minutes, even though I got the familiar X (I clicked on yes
for fruits, vegetables, and plants, as I had brought back
some tea).

I hear there was a blizzard on the east coast. I had
UA 309 SFO IAD 1042 1851 739
but obviously that wasn't going to happen. The replacement
flights were
UA2034 SFO ORD 1805 0015 738 8A and
UA1012 ORD BOS 0737 1053 738 4F

The first flight fell off the systemwide upgrade list, and
I contemplated screaming about it but decided to let some
poor Platinum get an upgrade for a change. Anyway, I'm
supposed to get a free snack and alcoholic beverage with
my fancy white card.

There were a lot of 1Ks on this plane, and the cabin crew
were as solicitous as they could be, actually pushing us
to order from the snack menu - the beef stew in a bread
bowl being highly recommended. I just got a Courvoisier.

Again we arrived early, but there still didn't seem to
be time to enjoy a nice hotel room, so I camped out in
the airport. Soon I found a small knot of Chinese people
around, apparently believing in safety in numbers.

I used a second certificate to do the last two-hour flight,
as it was going to expire anyway. Good thing I did - the
plane was totally packed.

Breakfast was eggs scrambled with cheese with lots of
nicely done asparagus and what appeared to me to be
little button mushrooms but turned out to be slices of
sausage. The usual fruit appetizer. Cinnamon roll or
croissant. Pretty satisfactory. Being really tired, I
had a couple Cokes but fell asleep anyway. We landed
quite a bit early. I went straight to the club and was
greeted by Lynne, whom I answered incoherently.

It took me a couple days to get back to Washington,
which was fine with me.