Record setting storm

Today worked out well. Yesterday, I was feeling growing trepidation about the record-setting storm that the forecasters were warning about. It seemed to be boresighting Milwaukee and Indy, the two cities I was scheduled to be flying between all week. My First Officer and I met in the lobby of the Milwaukee layover hotel for the van ride to the ramp, and he mentioned how great it would be if they just sent us to Memphis. Well, that didn't happen, at least not right away. We flew to Indy, and I made it his leg b/c the weather predictions for Milwaukee early in the morning looked worse. After we finished our preflight routine, we had a few minutes in the cockpit, and he happened to check our trip pairing on his I-Phone. Scheduling had revised it to send us to Memphis after we flew back to Milwaukee in the morning! This would mean a long night, but we would be finished for the week (with pay) once we got to Memphis. Yes!! It was a long night, and I had to call the Duty Officer and volunteer to extend our duty day to FAR limits of 16 hours to make it happen, but we did it. I got on  the afternoon jumpseat home to Albuquerque and asked my buddy Bob to pick me up in his Land Rover b/c the snow at home was too much for Michelle to go out in. Normally, I have a car at the airport, but she had dropped me off this time, so I was car-less.