I just experienced the longest Thursday of my life.
I woke up at 4am in Manila, ready for a 19 hour trip to the US- the shortest, best connections ever!! We were scheduled for a 2:20pm arrival in Denver, perfect for getting over jet lag quickly. But what actually happened was that our plane turned around 3 hours outside Tokyo due to a “medical emergency.” I put “medical emergency” in quotes because the reality was …