My mom always runs back and forth between here and China, because my grandma just had a surgery on her legs and she needed to go back and check on her conditions once in a while. I really like my mom being here, so the whole family could be together(also she brings a lot of snacks and food from China). This time, she planned on flying back on the Saturday before Thankgiving, we thought she would be right on time to prepare for the holiday. But, apparently, she did not make it on Saturday. Her flight, along with a large number of other flights, was cancelled due to large amount of snow in Beijing. Which I thought was pretty stupid, because it's not like the airport had never seen snow, it always deals with snow every single year. So her flight was moved to arriving on Wednesday, night. Which is exactly the night before Thanksgiving. We thought she could still make it to Thanksgiving. But, thanks to United Airlines, her flight was cancelled, again, because of the air conditioner and the lack of rest of the pilots. Which I thought was even stupider, they should have a schedule planned out for the pilot, if they know they are not going to have enough rest, they shouldn't even planned this flight. Finally, she arrived on Thursday night, the night on Thanksgiving. We did not have any time left to celebrate Thanksgiving when she arrived at Nashville. So we "moved" Thanksgiving to Friday instead of Thursday.
I do not mind if my mom arrives on Thursday. What I really dislike is when they tell me it is going to happen and got me really excited, and then cancel it, we did not celebrate Thanksgiving on time but I do hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
Jiahua(Tiger) Wang
12/3/15
