Northwest Airlines cancellations due to fog: 2
legs to get from Roanoke, VA, to Champaign, IL: 3 (Roanoke - Atlanta - Chicago - Champaign)
legs in sprawling Atlanta airport crossed to get to connecting flight: 4
length of flight from Chicago to Champaign: 28 minutes (damn!)
Bush/Cheney signs in next door neighbor's yard: 8 (sprouting up like mushrooms!)
Amount I am glad to be home anyway: infinite
number of minutes spent searching for car in Willard airport, after parking for only 2 minutes while running in to pick up suitcase that didn't make it back from Chicago with me, while wandering in rain clutching umbrella, suitcase, and cell phone: 20
movie start times missed due to said wandering: 1
alternate plans thought up: 1
times better alternate plan was than movie: one zillion