Word to the Wise

... don't fly on an airplane anytime soon.

Our week in a nutshell:

E Leg 1- delayed
E Leg 2.1 - missed b/c of previous delay,
E Leg 2.2- delayed (2 hours)
E Leg 3.1 - missed due to traffic on the GG Bridge
E Leg 3.2- delayed 2.5 hours
E Leg 4- delayed 2.5 hours
E Leg 5- missed due to delay, more on this in a minute

S Leg 1 - fine
S Leg 2 - fine
S Leg 3.1 - cancelled after 8 hrs in airport US Airways offered me a departure 4 days later
S Leg 3.2- fine, except that it cost me $315 and didn't get me all the way home

C&C Leg 1- Fine
C&C Leg 2.1 - Cancelled
C&C Leg 2.2- Fine, and they even were home the same day

Wednesday
E's next trick: taking the L for 1.5 hrs from OHare to Miway to rent a car and pick me up to drive home.

E & S - drove home from Midway, picked up dog at friend's house, came home and watered nearly dead vegetables and flowers, fell into bed around 1230.

Thursday
S- Awoke 6am for early morning meeting with China

E & S- 5pm, picked up dog and drove two cars to Milwaukee where we had to return the rental b/c they didn't have any available one-ways. (I know, at least we didn't have to drive it back to Chicago.)

Moral of the story: avoid flying if you can!