delta, could you cancel my flight?

bring me your tired, your poor, your unsuspecting of february fifth as the day of the superbowl. well – sunday proved to be an interesting day for nate and i (or is it me and nate?). we headed out from the hotel on sunday morning and headed to the airport trying to catch a standby flight (our original itinerary put us in roanoke at 7:30, one hour past the superbowl start). we arrived breathlessly to the gate at 10:30 a.m. only to find the 11:30 was entirely full- as was the 1:15 we also hoped to catch. destined for our original reservation at 3:25, we had a leisurely lunch and lounged around at the orlando airport before catching a connecting to atlanta. after arriving in atlanta, we found our 6 p.m. departure was delayed until at least 6:30, putting us in roanoke at the earliest at 8 p.m. after a quick conference on our best course of action, we headed to the delta counter to plead our case. we figured: better to see the entire superbowl while in atlanta then to see only ¼ of it from home. thanks to a helpful delta employee, we were confirmed on a 10:50 p.m departure to Roanoke, clearing us to watch the superbowl in its entirety from an airport bar. we snagged the perfect table and cheered the steelers to victory while welcoming various travelers to our table throughout the game (seahawks and steelers alike). all in all, it was a lucky end to an eventful trip :) go steelers!