Chicago Trade Show: Day 6 (Last Day!)

Our Highway "Detour"

If I had one word to describe today it would WATER. Water here, water there, water every freaking where. Rob picked me up in the morning and we made our way through the flooding of Chicago. His windshield wipers weren't working so it was a very scary and very dangerous trip in. We started running into all sorts of traffic so the other group had to leave without us. We tried to make it into the city directly but we got stuck in a town where there were cops blocking off roads and flooded streets. We eventually made it out of there but it took us around 3 hours to get to the gig! We had to start out first show much later. 

Last Day of Performance

It was fine once we got there. We did our shows and booked it out of there as soon as we could. O'hare airport had closed for the majority of the morning so I was just praying I would be able to get on my flight and go home. I was so ready to be done with all of the shows and get on with the rest of my life. We made it back to Jena's place and her street was crazy flooded. Right in front of her house had a ton of water. When everyone got back into their cars they had to take off their shoes or just accept getting wet. I said goodbye to everyone and Jena and her brother got ready to take me to the airport.

Trying to Get to Their Cars

We took off and tried to make it to O'hare, which had since opened up again. Everything was flooded. The gas station on the corner was terrible and all the parking lots and tons of houses had water up to their doors. The airport is only a few minutes from their house but it took us a long time because everything was closed. Cops were everywhere. We saw a car start to smoke as it went through a deep puddle of water. Crazy! We made it to the airport finally! Woot! I was so happy.

Flooded Citgo

I got to the terminal I was supposed to be at and apparently I was supposed to be at another airline in a different terminal. So after walking there I got my boarding pass, made it through security and into the airport. My flight was on time but then it was delayed about 30 minutes. Colleen was picking me up in Hartford so I called and told her. Eventually my flight was delayed a total of an hour. Bah. The O'Hare airport was kind of weird. It's really long and has no good flow to it. There was a giant dinosaur though. That was cool. I had a great pizza at a fancy take out place. Eventually I got on my plane and made it home. The turbulence wasn't as bad as I had thought.

Dinosaurs in O'Hare!

I was so happy to be home and away from the terrible weather. Colleen came and picked me up and I got to see her and her dog Ume! She was so cute and well behaved. She's a black lab who has the best disposition of any dog I've ever met. Colleen and I caught up and drove home. I unpacked and crashed on my bed. Happy to be back.

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30 Rock Moments

(I love this show)