I could have written this. Each year, I travel thousands of miles to go visit my family in Europe for the holidays. Travel is stressful, period. But winter travel even more so. So the trip stresses me out, then it's a whirlwind of family celebrations for 10 days, and then come the difficult goodbyes before another long separation. I come back home exhausted. I wish I could just stay home for the holidays.
I am on such a trip right now. I was supposed to fly to Europe yesterday but my plane was diverted to Chicago due to a strong burning smell throughout the cabin. So here I am, waiting for the next flight out, probably later tonight.