An Early Start to the Day

Last night, I was in bed by 9 p.m.  After waking up early, making three trips to Goshen and being on my feet a good portion of the day, I was impressed that I made it up that late.  I told my mom before I went to bed that whatever time I woke up, I would get dressed and head straight to Midway.  That way I wouldn't have to worry about traffic and if there was an earlier flight, I could catch it.  No one was up when I left the house at 4:50 a.m. but that was ok as I had said my goodbyes last night.  

The drive was extremely easy as there were very few people on the road to Chicago.  Because of that, I was shocked by all of the semi-trucks at the rest stop when I got gas, but I guess that made sense as many of them were probably not ready to get back on the road again.  I returned the car with no problem and caught the shuttle to the airport right away.  Before I got to the Southwest counter to check my luggage, I was able to switch my 1 p.m. flight to an 8:30 a.m. one.  I was very happy as that got me back to Florida by lunchtime.  I had actually arrived so early that I almost caught the flight at 7:40.  

I had an hour before the plane boarded and spent a good portion of that time looking for a smoothie for breakfast.  I was surprised that there weren't any places that made them and settled for a peanut butter and strawberry jelly Uncrustable.  It wasn't what I expected to find, but it tasted great and had the protein that I was looking for this morning.  I had chosen an upgraded seat for my flight as the only standard one left was in the middle in the back of the plane.  I appreciated being in the seventh row and enjoyed catching up on the Pitt on my way home.  Doug had waited to take his lunch break until I landed.  I was very happy that he did that.  It saved me the hassle of taking an Uber and I was glad to see him.

I spent the afternoon at Meg's catching up on some much-needed sleep.  Once she and Doug arrived at the apartment, the three of us went to Gastro Pub for dinner.  I hadn't been in at least a month and loved sitting outside eating my favorite flatbread talking to Doug and Meg. It was a nice way to celebrate all that I had accomplished this past week.