Since I only had a half hour layover in Dallas, this delay did not bode well. Indeed, the plane landed well after my connecting flight took off. The airline bumped me to a later flight...MUCH later. It was scheduled to depart at 8:10pm. As if that weren't enough, THAT plane wound up being delayed nearly an hour getting in from Boston. By the time I made it to Indianapolis, arranged a ride to my hotel, and checked in, it was past 1am. That's local time, so technically it was three hours earlier for my West Coast-acclimated self, but since my training starts at 8:30 this morning, I imagine I will be operating at less than optimal levels.
...On the bright side, I found a quarter on the floor at the airport when I arrived in Indianapolis, so the day wasn't a total loss...