Today was nothing unusual, up at 2am GMT (wired brain and too many ants in my pants). It didnt help that a neighbour car alarm bleeped into the night. Checked everything for the 6th time. I have every item mind-mapped to lay my hands on in moments…Operation Vigilance Enabled it also comes in handy with the early days of “have you seen” questions. Operation House Shutdown went into high gear with a novel approach, snapping photos to confirm such things that yes, indeed I had unplugged the iron. Irons can be sneaky like that.
The ride to the airport was a blur and the taxi driver was his own talk radio.
We were upgraded at the airport. Proper food, real glasses, and good strong pot of tea before pressing a button to turn my chair into a bed. All nearby windows faced a giant wing.. this was my view after take off which according to the Fight Aware App, was 91 minutes late from lifting off the ground.
We eventually located the car rental at Chicago in a cab that got so very lost…. and we now have a car (its black Dodge Challenger). Matt pointed the car at the first hotel 52 miles away driving an automatic on the wrong side of the road (if we were in the UK).
We need to figure out how to pay online tolls - we passed four of them on the way to Joliet. Warm welcome at the Hotel at midnight (one of the younger housekeeping people on reception tried out their English cussing words when we mentioned Tolls). Anyway… Lights out a couple of hours later after and booking the next exciting hotel 120 miles away.
Takeoff!