I finally got some plane tickets!
It's not the flight I intended to get. By the time I got my check in the mail, and the bank processed it and gave us access to the money, the only available flight remaining within my budget was to leave on September 17th at 8:30 PM, fly to Atlanta Georgia, then fly to Dayton and arrive at 12:19 AM. So I'll be arriving almost literally 10 hours after you to (less 1 minute, to be precise).
I know this is inconvenient, but it was the only way I could still get there any time in the next... what, 3-4 months?
My flight to go home leaves October 1st at 7:03 PM. Whee.