AIN'T TECHNOLOGY GRAND!
I’m writing this on the plane from London’s Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare. No, I’m not transmitting it, but I am able to write it and capture my thoughts WHILE I’M STILL AWAKE AND ABLE TO THINK.
This morning- Thursday- began at 3:30am Scotland time (9:30 Wed night Texas time) with our wake up call. Bags were out in the hall by 4:30 and we went down to the lobby for our continental breakfast of muffin, sweet roll, apple and sandwich to be eaten w/ tea or coffee. (And yes, I’m getting used to the too strong tea that sits in the pot a really long time before it is served—but these folks don’t believe in lemon in tea)
We loaded the bus at 5 for the hour drive to Glasgow. It was raining, but we were hoping to bring some rain back to Texas with us. Looks like Bwd has had some in the past day or so.
Glasgow airport wasn't hard to navigate—we all got settled in and had about an hour flight to Heathrow. What a MAZE as I mentioned before—up an escalator and then moving sidewalks and then the tram and then twisting and turning and going thru security, again, etc.
We all got on our plane for the LONG leg of this trip, we've settled in and have had a meal- and not a bad meal at that. I think we’ll have another before we disembark.
About noon (before our meal) the head stewardess (they probably aren’t called that anymore, but you know who I mean) came on with the announcement that we should move our watches BACK 6 hours to 6 am---did I mention the never-ending day? I didn’t feel like 6 am, but I’m not sure what it did feel like. As I write this my watch is set to Texas time and it is 11:30 am, but I think my body feels like 8pm because we got up so early. This will all sort out in the next day or two, just be patient, if I fall asleep in church. We’re expected to arrive in Chicago at 3:15 and then will go on to DFW. We hope to be in Bwd by midnight.
I finally finished my book I was reading (IRELAND) and it is really worthwhile. Not too sure about the accuracy of all the information, but it is intriguing.
We have filled out our customs forms and will need to "schlep" our bags to customs when we get into O’Hare, then re check them on to DFW.
This trek through O'Hare was difficult for some in our group- we again, went up, went thru security, changed terminals, re-checked baggag and we thought we were in a time crunch--not realizing that our flight has been delayed. No need to hurry, we found out later.
The rain was so strong in the Chicago part of the world, that the plane we needed to get from Chicago to DFW was over an hour late arriving at O’Hare. This made us about 2 hours late lifting off and that much later getting home to Bwd. Folks on the trip had been in touch via cell phone w/ family in Bwd and were very concerned about the high winds and serious storms that had been here for the past day or so.
We were relieved to see that everything seemed to be relatively normal on re-entering Brownwood.
Home and in bed by 3 am. —Thus ends a 30 hour day. And a really good trip. Many thanks to Citizens National Bank and Edda for sponsoring this excursion. It was good to get to know all the Bwd area folks--Shirley, Barbara, Coyce, Connie, Susan, Sue, Harold, Ann, Nancy, Sandra, Kay, Ruth, Mariann, Sharon, Elicia, Phyllis, Carol
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