More Struggles

The next morning I got up at 2:45 a.m. got ready and took the shuttle to the airport. I did not get to the airport 3 hours in advance but I did get there at 3:50 a.m. to already find a line at the special services counter. **I am typing this in my bed and just had the biggest ant I have ever seen crawl next to me!! It had like spider legs!!!** Anyways I got through that line in about 40mins (The counter opened early) and went through security no problem then waited for some kind of food place to open. I sat for a while ate something and then it was time to get on the flight. Well it should have been except that the little scanner thingy was broken so it took forever to get boarded aka late departure. We finally pulled away from the gate only like 10 minutes late then just sat for a while (In my past experience this has never been good). The pilot came on and told us they were troubleshooting something that wasn’t working also known as the plan was broken. We headed back to the gate after having sat in the plane for about an hour got the gate and after about 20 minutes the plane was no longer broken. . . From then on the flight was pretty good. I slept some mostly because I was tired and frustrated and once again pissed because the volume didn’t work in my row for anything the whole trip. Having never flown Delta I was unaware that many people choose the airline just for the individual TV you get. My neighboring passenger informed me of this because she is one of those people. At this point I would like to remind everyone not to fly Delta!!
We arrived at JFK over an hour and a half late so of course I was stressing about missing my flight (Again). I arrived just in time to go to the restroom and then to my gate which I found had been changed. I made it there to find the flight boarding meaning no food for me. Everyone got on this plane rather quickly which was pretty surprising because it was a 777, however for some reason this plane departed late as well. We headed for the run way and then a storm started and then it stopped and then the wind shifted and then we sat and sat and sat and sat some more and changed runways and sat some more til the point they even turned the movies on for us. We continued to sit for about 2 hours. Super fun. At this point I began reflecting on how understanding I had been the previous day with knowing God had me miss my flight for a reason but now I was getting confused. Luckily I sat next to this really cool guy (No not like I want to date you cool).
So before I left Waco my African Studies professor had told me that Obama was suppose to be in Ghana when I was there. No one could confirm this for me at home but yeah he is definitely coming here in two weeks and I know because I sat next to one of his secret service agents on the plane. This of course was really awesome for me because I have considered working in similar fields. He was really interesting to talk to because he has worked for secret service for like 10 years and done tours all over the place. He also worked for the state department and gave me some interesting insight into that agency. Anyways he and his fellow agents are here in Accra preparing for two weeks before Obama’s arrival.
Flight went pretty well. TV worked. I slept quite a bit which was a pleasant surprise. I guess I am getting more accustomed to sleeping on planes. We hit some turbulence at the end but had a great landing in Accra just a little over an hour late. Delta still sucks!!