Well that was an adventure . . .

I had to leave Woolman after 6 weeks to have a blood transfusion and I decided to get a student visa sorted out. The visa took six weeks to get back. So now I am on my travel’s again. When arrived at Chicago airport I was held in “secondary” at border patrol because I had to have another form filled out – this meant I missed my connecting flight to Sacramento. But my luggage had already gone. So I was booked onto the next flight which was to be at 9.53 am the next morning. They offered to get me through security so that I could wait in departures for 11 hours. It was 2am on my body clock and I couldn’t bare the thought so I decided to book into a hotel. The women at the desk said that with a United discount I could stay in the Hilton which was across the road for $60 – this was a much better prospect than sleeping on an airport bench! Alas the Hilton wasn’t $60 it was $99 – but there was an offer for another hotel 10 minutes away with a free shuttle at a much better price. So I booked and found the shuttle departure place, waited for the shuttle and went to the hotel. I was a little scared of the quality of this hotel but on arrival I found it was absolutely gorgeous , it has a swimming pool and gym! Not that I was going to use them seeing the only things in my carry on luggage it files of work! Luckily I had packed my pj bottoms! Oh I forgot to mention though that I had a King sized bed to myself with five pillows! I had to force myself to stay awake until I had contacted someone from the school to let them know I wasn’t going to be there. It would have been so easy to have just fallen asleep and slept through the night – but then Brylie and Tsechu would be waiting at the airport without a clue where I was. I spent about $15 on phone calls but it had to be done. I eventually got through to Dorothy and explained the situation. I had a gorgeous shower and slept until now it’s five in the morning here but midday on the body clock.  Besides I’m thinking of getting to the airport soon – even though my wake up call isn’t for another hour and a half.