Travel Day

Well, thing have gone smoothly. :) A bit of weather in STL caused a slight delay and in Chicago, when we exited the plane in the rain, we could also see our breath! At least we are dressed for warm. We had a lovely lunch at an Italian restaurant, so our bellies have at least one good meal before getting on the long flight. Chicago is also dreary and rainy, but certainly not stormy - thank you God. So somehow, Guy had United passes for the United Club, so we are sitting in comfort while we wait. Free goodies! Fruit, cheeses, cookies, cappucino, etc. I am sure we will get us a few snacks for the road. I am thinking right now of that commercial where the guy tells his work buddy he knows a quiet place in the airport with a 3-prong plug...then his buddy whips out the club passes. Ha Ha. That is us now. I will snap a shot of the fancy cheese and report back in next time I have Internet. Sadly, Im not sure when that will be. Still working on adding picures. Wondering if Blogger is not iPad friendly. Seems like Im doing it correctly, but we will see. xoxoxoxo

Preparation

Often the best part of a vacation is the anticipation and preparation. Guy has made all the preparations (tours, dining, train tickets, etc.) and left me with basically just the anticipation. However, he also left me with the packing and ironing...this being my least favorite part of the trip. My mother-in-law told me a long time ago to go ahead and iron everything first, then when you unpack, the suitcase wrinkles will fall out. I found this to be true! So ironing I have done. I think we have overpacked, but being gone for 16 days (and not wanting to handwash too much on the trip) has left us with two very full suitcases. I didnt have to unzip the EXPANDO feature yet, but on the way home, this will be inevitable.

The BIG question is, where do I put all my purchases? Hmmm...this will be the question... Looking forward to tomorrow... flights (one small-one big), Xanax (one small-one big), and eager anticipation of a great vacation. I'm not sure about internet and the slideshow widget (remembering from the New Zealand trip) sometimes doesn't recognize uploaded images until the next day. So pictures may lag behind the postings. xoxoxo