Chicago

 
 
 
I'm in Chicago!   The  bus arrived an hour late due to construction but finally luggage and one curtain  rod was stowed, reservation numbers were checked and we were on our way.  The bus was fully loaded, so I found a seat at a table with four other folks...a man returning home to a Chicago suburb, a grandmother going to babysit her 6-month old granddaughter.   I chatted and found out that she makes the trip from her home every Sunday and returns on Thursday.  Also, met a young man studying theology at Moody.   I enjoyed sitting with these folks.  My son offered to meet the bus which thrilled me.  We stopped at the grocery store to get celebration items--corn chips and freshly made salsa, pizza, Asian salad and cantaloupe.  Felt bad because my son had to be at work early the next morning and we were burning the midnight oil.  He went off to work early and I followed later.  I hopped on the red line, got off at a stop to make sure I was heading the correct direction,  inadvertantly missed my stop later, wandered the city for a minute until I found the correct CTA bus to take me to the studio.  Once at the studio, I went in search of breakfast.  Had a delicious piece of banana walnut bread and a banana.