The Windy City

I know we've been back for a while, but I just think this story needs to be shared with everyone. On Saturday, after a great time in Chicago, it was time for us to head back to Memphis/Nashville. We all (my dad, sister, and I) went to hear a really great community band concert at 8am, and then we were off to the airport. Mind you, our flight didn't technically leave until 3:40pm, but we just HAD to see our Tigers play (and BEAT!) stupid Georgetown. After they pretty much cheated and beat Vandy last year in the Sweet 16, I knew that I couldn't handle another of my teams losing to them again.

You're not really supposed to check in for your flight more then 4 hours prior to your departure time. Well, we checked in with (literally) 3h 58m until we were scheduled to leave. If we checked in a normal person time, we would have missed the game entirely. So, we were the only Tiger fans in Harry Caray's in the Midway airport. Oh well, we witnessed the WIN. It was very, very therapeutic for me. Maybe I'll get over last year's loss sometime soon (maybe)...

While that game was certainly the highlight of our day, the two-hour delay would come in a close second (not). Yeah, we left Chicago about 30 minutes after we were supposed to land in Nashville. Needless to say, I didn't make it to the Vandy games that night, like we had planned. After a two-hour delay (with like 45 minutes of it sitting on the plane in the gate), that flight was probably the roughest I've ever been on. The women behind us thought it was absolutely hilarious, but I was less than impressed (and got a bit irritated with their joviality).

Overall, it was a really great trip that included shopping at the biggest Macy's I have EVER seen, an amazing room overlooking Lake Michigan, and a bit of reassurance that I could actually make it living there!