Sunday begins with a trek to take Don to work. Then it is off to gather the fam. together to visit a friend who lives near Chicago but not exactly in Chicago. Cracker Barrel, a favorite of everyone in this family. It has snowed for the last two days and continues to snow but the streets are surprisingly good-- Chicago actually cleans their streets!! Now that is a novel idea. However, Indiana where we went for lunch apparently takes lessons from Ohio. Not the best roads. After some 40 or so conversations about the topic, gma decides to join us (she didn't have a choice but she didn't know that). She knows Sue and besides, leave her alone without a phone in Don's apartment while I was in another state??? I don't think so! Good brunch and then back to the apartment because of course, no one can get their luggage closed for the trip home tonight. Re-pack and re-pack a couple more times and then decide to leave a couple of things for Don to bring to us later.
7:00 p.m. Time to start getting everyone moving to the train station. Once there the marathon begins. No outside help and no place to park at the Amtrak station. So, Don circles the joint with Gma in the care while Adam and I run in and attempt to check the baggage... GREAT... a line!!! Don isn't picking up his phone... now what to do... OK, here goes... leave Adam in line with the bags and run outside to get gma. This shouldn't be difficult, after all we left some things for Don to bring back to us. Wrong!! I did manage to get everything we had left and the wheelchair and gma but looked like a pack mule when I was running back into the train station. I am glad Don DID NOT have a camera. We made it to get the bags checked in just under the wire. They weren't as particular as usual since there were so many people trying to check in at one time. Once we made it to the gate, it was a bit easier. They gave us a number but didn't tell us what that was for. So, when they called us for the red cap, I said "Is that us?" and the attendant said "YES!!!!!!!!!!!" I said, "well you didn't tell me what the number was for". We did make it on the train and managed to get three seats together or at least close. The adventure doesn't end there but we had great icy roads that greeted us in Toledo and continued for the whole 3 1/2 hour adventure back to Columbus. I was a bit beat on Monday but survived it.
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