Road Rash
We're back from our circle tour of Misery... oops... I mean, Missouri. I'll detail the trip some other time, just as (at some point) I'll detail my trip to Michigan from earlier in the month. But here's a brief summary of the trip:
Christmas Night: In Columbus. I had to work the 11 p.m. news (more on that later, as well). Of course, the debut of NBA on ABC was Christmas night, so the damn basketball game meant that we went on the air late. Got home from work about 1 a.m.
Friday, 12/26: Wake up very early. Leave for Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport at 8:00 am. Board airplane at Noon-ish. Fly to Kansas City. Arrive around 1:00. Drive to South part of city to meet Cory's Dad. Find out Cory's Dad isn't meeting us. Drive back north to Kirksville.
Total Time in Car: 5 1/2 hours. Total Time on Airplane: 2 1/2 hours.
Saturday 12/27 (my Birthday): Go with Cory to eye-doctor appointment. Drive to Kansas City. Experience someone else's holiday family argument. Go to casino (birthday treat, and kind of a bizarre story, as well). Go to Cory's dad's place to spend the night.
Total Time in Car: 4 hours. Total time spent in Wal-Mart: 1 1/2 hours.
Sunday 12/28: Go to Chiefs Game (Final Score: 31-3). Go back to Cory's Dad's to pack. Drive to Springfield, Missouri to visit Cory's brother Casey, and Casey's girlfriend Nicole.
Total Time in Car: 4 hours.
Monday, 12/29 Spend entire day in Springfield. Spend most of it driving around the city with Cory's mom, the woman with the worst sense of direction in the universe.
Total Time in Car: Too much, considering we went nowhere. Total Trips to Wal-Mart: Two (one Wal-Mart, one Sam's club).
Tuesday, 12/30: Leave Springfield ridiculously early to go to Kansas City Airport. Leave at 10 a.m., arrive at MCI at 2:30. Sit around the airport until my 5:50 p.m. flight. Fly to Atlanta, drive back to Columbus.
Total Time in Car: 6 hours. Time on Airplane: 2 1/2 hours. Time spent getting irritated looks from Airport Sports-bar waitress for monopolizing table: 2 hours.
So the grand total (Ugh): 21 hours in the car. 5 hours on airplanes. 2 1/2 hours in WalMarts. Countless hours wishing I was dead (or at least in a coma).
We're back from our circle tour of Misery... oops... I mean, Missouri. I'll detail the trip some other time, just as (at some point) I'll detail my trip to Michigan from earlier in the month. But here's a brief summary of the trip:
Christmas Night: In Columbus. I had to work the 11 p.m. news (more on that later, as well). Of course, the debut of NBA on ABC was Christmas night, so the damn basketball game meant that we went on the air late. Got home from work about 1 a.m.
Friday, 12/26: Wake up very early. Leave for Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport at 8:00 am. Board airplane at Noon-ish. Fly to Kansas City. Arrive around 1:00. Drive to South part of city to meet Cory's Dad. Find out Cory's Dad isn't meeting us. Drive back north to Kirksville.
Total Time in Car: 5 1/2 hours. Total Time on Airplane: 2 1/2 hours.
Saturday 12/27 (my Birthday): Go with Cory to eye-doctor appointment. Drive to Kansas City. Experience someone else's holiday family argument. Go to casino (birthday treat, and kind of a bizarre story, as well). Go to Cory's dad's place to spend the night.
Total Time in Car: 4 hours. Total time spent in Wal-Mart: 1 1/2 hours.
Sunday 12/28: Go to Chiefs Game (Final Score: 31-3). Go back to Cory's Dad's to pack. Drive to Springfield, Missouri to visit Cory's brother Casey, and Casey's girlfriend Nicole.
Total Time in Car: 4 hours.
Monday, 12/29 Spend entire day in Springfield. Spend most of it driving around the city with Cory's mom, the woman with the worst sense of direction in the universe.
Total Time in Car: Too much, considering we went nowhere. Total Trips to Wal-Mart: Two (one Wal-Mart, one Sam's club).
Tuesday, 12/30: Leave Springfield ridiculously early to go to Kansas City Airport. Leave at 10 a.m., arrive at MCI at 2:30. Sit around the airport until my 5:50 p.m. flight. Fly to Atlanta, drive back to Columbus.
Total Time in Car: 6 hours. Time on Airplane: 2 1/2 hours. Time spent getting irritated looks from Airport Sports-bar waitress for monopolizing table: 2 hours.
So the grand total (Ugh): 21 hours in the car. 5 hours on airplanes. 2 1/2 hours in WalMarts. Countless hours wishing I was dead (or at least in a coma).
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