just got into my hotel room...

...at 11:30pm. That's right, my US Air flight from PHL was delayed from 6:00 to 6:30, so we boarded around 6 and found the air wouldn't work until the plane was under power and it would be a few minutes before we got our flightplan; around 7pm we taxied to the runway, were told that there was "weather" between PHL and ORD so we had to taxi to the back of the line and that it would take about 30 minutes to get new orders; shortly before 8pm we were given a new flightplan and taxied out to the runway, were told that there was more "weather" on our new path and taxied to the back of the line and that it would take about 30 minutes to get new orders; at 9pm we finally taxied to the runway and took off, and the flight still went through "weather" between PHL and ORD. Had the "weather" gotten better and that's why it was now "safe" to go? We'll never know.