Just My Luck

This past Friday I was suppose to board a plane bound for Washington D.C. at 8 o’clock in the morning. I woke up around 5 and decided for the first time ever to check my flight status before I left. After clicking a few buttons I read the dreaded words- CANCELLED. What? It was three hours before my flight left and it had already gotten cancelled? I quickly put on some shoes and walked outside expecting to see the entire city of Dallas underwater, but everything was fine. There was no reason to why my flight was cancelled it was just cancelled. I quickly made sure I would be able to get on the later flight out of Dallas that left at three.

Three o’clock rolls around and I start boarding my airplane. I quietly say to myself how thankful I am that I’m finally getting on a plane. The plane pulls away from the gate and the captain comes over the loud speaker. It turns out within the past three minutes bad wind and a thunderstorm has started in the south section of the airport. There was now only one runway open for takeoffs and there were around ten planes waiting before us to take off. Each takeoff requires around five minutes, which meant the plane wouldn’t be leaving for an hour. I was frustrated. I was supposed to get in D.C. around noon with my first flight and now I wasn’t going to get in until seven thirty. The worst part about it was I had a dinner to attend at seven.

After finally landing in D.C. I had a very enjoyable weekend, until I arrived at the airport to depart. My flight back to Dallas was set to leave D.C. around four-thirty and the weather in D.C. was very calm. I waited for the gate to open to depart, but it never did. Around four-thirty someone from the airlines came on the speaker saying it was raining and our flight would be delayed at least thirty minutes. WHAT??? There wasn’t even an ounce of rain outside! Does the airline company hate me??