The Williams Family: Trip to our Nation's Capital

Washington D.C... what a place! Ok, so here is my theory on D.C.... as American's, it is something we all need to visit at least once in our life. It is a very significant place with a lot of great sites to see. But once you have seen them once, I don't see the point in going back! This is coming from someone who is very non-political and not very into history, but that is just my take! I am so thankful that I had to opportunity to fly out with Curtis last week. He had to go on business, so we stuck Hayden with family here in town and I tagged along. I will admit, I was much more mesmerized by the sites than I anticipated being. Seeing the White House and all of the monuments in person was very awe inspiring. I had a great time getting a few days away with the hubby!

Now... for the FUN part. The trip home. We were scheduled to fly out of BWI at 8PM on Friday night, go through ATL and get to BHM a little before 11PM. With D.C. traffic and all, we decided to head to the airport around 2:00 to ensure we had time to get checked in and make our departure time. We arrived at the airport a little after 4 PM, and gasped at the line for baggage check. Luckily (ha) Curtis is a Platinum Medallion member with Delta (weekly trips to and from Kansas City for a year will do that), so we were able to get in the "shorter" preferred guest line. After waiting in line for about 2 hours, we were checked in and ready to go. Even had a little time to relax and get a snack before our plane took off! Departure time started getting pushed back a little at a time, until it got to the point that we would not make our connector flight in ATL. I, being pregnant and uncomfortable, started getting a little freaked out facing the fact that I could have to spend the night in the airport. Delta was claiming that the delays were caused by air traffic control, so they would not be comping hotel rooms for the night. Remember, I am PREGNANT, and Curtis is a Platinum Medallion member! So anyways, our flight out of BWI finally departed a little after midnight, we arrived at ATL a little after 2AM, and we got booked for the first flight home at 8:30 AM. So we found a cozy corner in the ATL airport and fell asleep! Sleeping in the ATL airport is about the equivalent of trying to catch a snooze in the middle of Times Square. A very cozy and quiet place. NOT. We got up (or stood up) in the morning to discover our 8:30 flight is now delayed 2 hours. SERIOUSLY! So we got to play the waiting game a little longer... finally departed ATL at 10:45 smelling like sour milk, and safely made it home. What a trip! So again... I don't think I will visit D.C. again until I have to take my kids to see the sights :)