The long way home

The 10 1/2 hour flight from the Accra to Washington went pretty well. We both actually slept but by now I am beginning to cough (a gift from my new daughter). We then flew from Washington to Chicago and upon arrival discovered our flight to Colorado had been cancelled. They wanted to send us back to Washington but we begged to find any other route. A flight in a couple hours to Houston and then on to CO would get us home by 4:00pm (originally supposed to get in at 11:15am). That flight ended up being delayed so we missed our connection. Another due out in a couple hours. Sitting and waiting. Then, that 5:00pm flight was delayed and delayed and finally we boarded. Mechanical issues that were supposed to take a few minutes and 1 1/2 hours later we had to get back off because the pilot had now "timed out" for federal regulations to be able to fly. A couple hours later we had another pilot and yay, got to board again. After sitting for another 1 1/2 hours--more mechanical issues- with no air! (Houston= 80 degrees and humidity= close to passing out a few times) we finally took off. Landed at 11PM. Considering it was 5am our time, this was about a 33 hour trip.
BUT so glad to be home. I only wish our entire family were here. Already feel like we are missing something in our house.