Trip Update

Eleven hours to go!!! As of 10:08 am, the flight is still on time. I'm a little apprehensive, there's still a lot of potential for things to go wrong. We don't have the clear and sunny weather that was forecast (I was right about the thunderstorms, those have been pushed back to tomorrow night), but at least it's not raining and hopefully won't. My companion and I have the same arrangement as the New York trip. I've got both the suitcases with me at work and have ordered a cab to pick me up at 5:00 to take me to O'Hare where he will meet me. However, last night, he informed me that he can't leave work until 6:00, which really means 7:00, which means he won't get to O'Hare until 8:00 something, which is starting to cut it close again. However, since he doesn't have any work functions to attend and it's just a weekend trip, he's not worried about his suitcase being heavy, and America West still allows 2 pieces of checked luggage per passenger, so I'm going to go ahead and check myself in as soon as I get there and check both suitcases in as mine, so that no matter how late he gets there, we shouldn't have a repeat of the New York debacle. The other concern then is that the flight is probably going to be full (there were only a few seats to choose from when I made the reservation back in January), and if he gets there too late, he'll get bumped while I'm already checked in (which has also happened before and was not a fun experience), which will cause additional headaches because I think we're on the last flight out to Vegas tonight, and the hotel reservation is in his name, so it's not going to do me much good to get there without him. I'm doing deep breathing exercises and trying to remain calm, and we'll see how it goes. There's still potential for much worse things to happen, so I'm trying not to obsess about the small things. I'll just be glad when we get there, and they can bump us as many times as they want on the return trip. After a weekend in Vegas who wants to come home and go back to work?