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After a Week in Tallahassee, a 16-Hour Trip Home

After a week in Tallahassee, it was time to come home. In my last blog, I was in the airport about to start fall break; this week, I’m leaving the airport as my break comes to an end.

I had a great time in Tallahassee. I ate good food and had some much-needed R&R. It was a great trip—until it was time to leave. My boyfriend flew back with me because his lacrosse alumni weekend happened to fall right after our break.

We woke up at 3 a.m. Wednesday, which sounds dreadful—and it was—but I knew that by the time I got back to Ada, it would only be around noon. I’d still have the whole day to reset and get ready for classes again.

For context, there are no nonstop flights out of Tallahassee, so we had a layover in Atlanta before landing in Columbus and driving back to Ada.

While waiting in the airport, our first flight was delayed 60 minutes. That was fine since our layover was two and a half hours, giving us plenty of time to make the second flight. A few minutes later, though, the airline delayed the flight again—this time by another three hours—because the cabin crew had carpooled to work that morning and got into an accident on the way.

With another delay, we started looking to change our second flight. Just our luck, there were no more flights from Atlanta to Columbus for the rest of the day. We eventually found one—but it was out of Jacksonville. So we waited in line forever to tell an agent we needed our checked bags back.

After finally retrieving our luggage and calling an Uber to get back to Trey’s apartment for his car, we hit the road for Jacksonville. It was about a two-and-a-half-hour drive. After going through TSA for the second time that day, we finally boarded our first flight—to New York.

Our layover in New York was short; we boarded our second flight almost immediately after landing. Luckily, we were upgraded and had a bit more room.

We landed in Columbus around 5:30 p.m., and by the time we got our bags and my car, it was a little after 6. We finally got back to Ada around 7:30. All my plans to reset and prepare for class went out the window. After a 16-hour travel day, the only thing I cared to do was go to bed.

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