Flying.

I've had a looooooong day. Our flight was supposed to depart O'Hare for Newark airport at 2:15pm. At 2:45pm, we were informed that our flight was cancelled due to mechanical trouble and we would be rerouted onto a 4pm flight to LaGuardia. Peter and I would no longer be sitting together and instead would both be in middle seats, 11 rows apart. Great. Oh, AND O'Hare doesn't have wireless access.

We board the plane and it starts what looks to be its trip toward the runway. Just then, the pilot comes on and tells us that no planes are allowed to land at any New York airport and that he'll give us more information as he has it. He comes back on in an hour and tells us he has no new information. Dean Esmay calls and I tell him the news. The stewardess passes by and tells us that someone in First Class heard from someone in NY that Dick Cheney has just flown in and that is the reason for the grounded flights. Another 1/2 hour after that, the pilot comes on and says that there is weather trouble but that we're going to be leaving shortly. Several people are vocally suspicious, about the reason for our delay that is. Even after we land, having had a very turbulent flight in which the 'fasten seatbelt' sign stayed on the whole time, several people voiced their firm belief that it's the RNC causing all this trouble and that the weather is just fine. Is there a condition (other than Leftism) that breeds this kind of conspiracy minded thinking? Why is reality so hard to come by for these people?

Got to NY, finally, at around 7pm. Waited for our bag for over an hour only to discover it was still in Chicago.

Now, I'm going to go for a walk with Ari, forget this day ever happened and look eagerly forward to tomorrow and this amazing experience I and my city are about to have.