Back from Chicago

If it hadn’t been for too much rain and construction, the trip to Chicago would have been great. The people at the Proton Center were great. Doctor Chang was great (even if he’s a Michigan man through and through, as in born, raised and educated there). He accepted Jeannie to the study (I figured he would be she’d gotten a case of the nerves) although none of this will take place until next year. We got to see Tom and Carrie, old friends we hadn’t seen in ages. We were in Northwestern territory as the Buckeyes managed to pull off an ugly victory. Upon arrival at our hotel the lobby scene was one of the more raucous ones I’d ever witnessed in a hotel lobby as it seemed to have a lot of locals watching the game. They were a happy group since their team was ahead. Glad we hadn’t arrived any later. They wouldn’t have been nearly so jovial.

                                                                                         

We packed about as much as we could have into the day Saturday. Although Jeannie is avoiding public places as much as possible she’d been firm in her resolution to make it to Joe and Michelle’s wedding. Our only regret was in having to leave early. It was a 10:30 ceremony with a luncheon reception. And it was one of the coolest weddings we’d been to. Everything, from the minister and the ceremony itself to the reception the location of the reception and the band was really well done. They got a touch of rain between the wedding and the reception but nothing to ruin their day.

Jeannie’s dress was originally made for her mother by her grandmother. In other words the dress is older than Jeannie. No word on the identity of the old guy standing next to her. So sadly we left the reception around two, got the car and dogs loaded and hit the road by three, only to remember what we’d forgotten about 15 minutes after our departure. So a half hour later than we’d hoped we were on our way. But just short of the Indiana line we hit some poorly planned construction work, a crappy little patching project really that had traffic literally stopped. We lost about another hour. Sheesh. Then when were rolling around Indy a monsoon hit. We probably dealt with about two hours worth of rain. The ride back started out much better. Tom and Carrie suggested an alternate route out of town and it worked great. But as we rolled back into Ohio what did we hit back the backside of the storm system we encountered the day before. Needless to say we slept soundly last night.