Still in Sydney

So yeah... I didn't get on the flight this morning. There were only a few seats available and a whole ton of people in front of me on the standby list. As I was standing there at the Air Canada check-in counter, waiting to find out what was going on, I was eavesdropping on two other girls about my age who were also trying to catch the flight. Sounded like they'd been stuck in Sydney for several days already, unable to fly out. When I finally got up to the counter to talk to the folks there, the news wasn't good. Looks like I don't have a snowball's chance in hell of flying outta here until at LEAST next Monday! Gah!

So after some teary phone calls to my parents and my brother to let them know I'm not quite on my way home yet, and a blubbery call to Bill to ask him to come and get me from the airport, here I am back at Bill and Ruth's house, trying to figure out what to do next.

I will keep you updated. Looks like the adventure isn't quite as over as I thought it was...