Hello MD, it's good to see YOU

View from my window

in Ellicott City MD

Whew, I arrived safely!

hahaha

And oh boy did Granny

and

The Creator have fun yesterday

morning!

A plan in the making I tell you!

and oh my what a plan it was

to keep me from boarding the flight I was

scheduled for at that!

I was originally to leave on a plane from

Tampa

heading to Philadelphia

then

ending up in Baltimore.

HOWEVER

The

Creator has a wicked sense of humor

and

when you

add my

Granny to that mix looking out for me....

I have never ever been late to an airport before

never over slept

not ever...

so as always I was up, had written on this page

had coffee,

the alarm was set for my BFF

and I had checked my watch

had noticed

"no BFF"

so then went to wake her!~

Only then realizing it was actually

much much as in

an our later than my watch had just told me!

EEEGAD

As the time ticked and the car flew toward Tampa

I realized I "forgot my phone"

EEGAD

Zip

turn around and get that

BACK ON THE ROAD

zoom zoom ZOOM

and back toward the airport

THE CLOCK minutes passed....

Finally I admit

"I don't think I'm going to make this flight, ohh my"

and it became very quiet in the car!

This was a first, and quite unsettling...

and the minutes ticked by.

"Remember me?"

I live n the "no pressure zone"

I must arrive in Baltimore 2/1/2011

Screeching to a halt in front of the curb

at 7:25am

I tell the man

"you must get me on that plane please"

with bags being yanked from the car

my BFF is trying her best

and I am begging.

He says,

"Baby, that plane is loaded and boarded

and probably backing away as we are talking".

"Oh nooooo"

With that, he grabs my bag, whisks me in a wheel chair saying, "I'll get you there baby",

with me saying, "go go go".!!!

Quite funny now that I think about it, in hindsight I should have known... I should have figured it out, but after all it was early, I had only had one cup of coffee.

BUT

this had "Granny written all over it"!!! LOL

My
BFF had thought I was saying "go go go" to her worried she would be late to work and that "I had it covered there at the airport" so off she went, (without our tradtional hug) which I am adament about since 9/11 I hug always at airport so longs)

and the man "whisks" me into the airport!

And then it hits me:

they are telling me

my flight is

GONE

and they are putting me on the next flight

leaving an hour from then!

Going to Charlotte and then Baltimore!

OH my goodness,

It is a first!

I have missed a flight for the first time in my life...

and the building did not fall,

and by the way

I did not hug my four leggeds so long

nor did I hug my
BFF

so long.

I know now that this is a rare day indeed

and something is definately "up"

and

most definately something

is going on.

Soon enough I am boarded on the plane

and up in the air

to

Charlotte

and it is then

that I think

...

So

I ask the man at the desk of the gate

"you know that flight that was leaving Tampa this morning going to Philadelphia then
Baltimore?"

He replies "yes?"

I ask,

"Could u tell me of that plane? Did it arrive in Philadelphia? Is it now on its way to Baltimore?

And then it became as clear as

a creek on a sunny day

THUD

The man looked at me in a most interesting way,

paused and said

"Dr Showalter, that plane made it to Philadelphia,\

and that is where it is and will probably stay

in

Philadelphia!"

It is STUCK THERE secondary to the weather"

THUD

And in that instant

I was "hysterical laughing"

and

I got it!

GRanny and Creator

took care of me

it was not meant for ME to be on that plane

yesterday,

it was meant for me to be in Maryland

to surprise my

Olivia

and to be safe

as was in the plan

NOT

to be stranded.

hhahahaha

That man and I laughed and laughed

and

he said he bet more than 120 others got the same message and delay that I had!

Life is wonderful

and the messages are fantastic.

I arrived safely,

still grinning

and waited

then

Joan brought my sweet girl

and the door was ajar

and when they walked in to the room

I was just sitting here

and

when Olivia saw

her

Nana

SHE JUST STOOD STILL

in shock!

But

then she ran to her Nana

like the wind and fell in my arms

with tears falling and we had the best time

ever!

Later she said

her mind kept trying to understand what she was seeing

and saying inside of herself

"what/what/what"

but she could not move!

OHHHH

what a time was had by the three of us last night

BUT

now it is time

to

STOMP

The fire is burning, sage is fired up and thoughts on the winds to all,

Walk In Beauty

DRSES

http://www.drsherryeshowalter.com/