CHICAGO!
Saturday: Woke up at 230am to take a shower and do the last minute packing before i dropped my car off at work for the 9 days, then got the ride from dad to PDX for the flight to LA then to chicago. i just want to continue saying that california sucks, and LA sucks more. Left LA at 1030 and then made it to chicago at about 5. we were held in the air for about 45 minutes as the entire Chicago Center tracon went down due to a power outage. i noticed the sun shifting from right to left and proceded to listen on channel 9 on united's entertainment system to listen to what was going on... all hell was breaking loose for the aircraft trying to get to ORD.
after landing, i went to find where my baggage claim was, which took a bit of time because it WASNT POSTED. 30 minutes later it posted on the boards, but then everyone was told that CHICAGO TOWER had lost power and had put a ground stop into effect, nothing could move, ANYWHERE. after another 45 minutes... my bags were personaly given to me by the baggage control person. sweet. between that time, i had finaly met katie in person. i didnt get to greet her like i had planned since i was a bit pissed off, but nonetheless...
We went outside to wait for our ride to Skokie, which is a bit like hillsboro btw. and couldnt find our car. katie called the company and they said he was waiting in the remote lot for a phone call to come get us. so we wait, and wait, and wait, and wait some more. a white limo pulled up infront of us and parks... we wait for a moment wondering if it was for us, so katie asks the driver who hes here for... and he mutters some uncomprehensible arabic... and she says no. she gets on the phone again and they say that the car is there and he doesnt see us. we wait some more... until we ask for a paper with the name on it.
needless to say, we got a 45 minute limo ride for towncar prices.
we got to skokie and got into the hotel... relaxed for a bit, then got some food from Ruby Tuesday, across the parkinglot at the other hotel. after taking care of the hunger issue, we went back to the hotel, talked, watched tv, and socked out.
im just going to do sunday for now... im having a hard time recolecting what went on early in the week because of the silly ass sickness i have. so more will come later.