It started with our key adventure, which you can read about here.
Our housesitter's father was kind enough to drive us to the airport, which saved us from hauling our crap to the bus stop and the bus fare. It was not so much the walk or the money that was worrying us about taking the bus to the airport. It was the fact that the first time Cathy tried to take the bus in Wichita, she never actually got on the bus, as it drove past her. Luckily, we did not have to find out if that would happen again becuase Jim drove us.
Upon arival at the airpot, we had a few small issues. The self checkout timed out while we were trying to shift items from one bag to another, as our bag was overweight. Three pounds overweight. This was after we spent a ton of time meticuliously entering all of our passport information. Of course, it did not time out until after all three of us had entered our information! There was also some concern because our flight was overbooked, and it was the last flight of the week to Chicago. If we got bumped, we'd be in a lot of trouble.
Finally out of security
Cathy was not singled out at security for once in her life...because Jeremy was having his bag searched. They took the shaving cream that Kirk and Jeremy planned to share. I am sure that Jeremy's picture will be on the news any moment as a Most! Wanted! Terroist! for trying to smuggle abord such a dangerous item. However, Jeremy's downfall was good news for Cathy. While the guards were engrossed in emptying Jeremy's carefully packed backpack, she was able to smuggle in her Evil Terroist Chapstick of Doom. I must remind everyone that it was not contained in the special ziplock plastic bag, which meant that it could explode at any moment. We prefer to live on the wild side.
Our rebel chapstick
Shortly after we finally were released from security, Kirk lost his wallet, if by 'lost' you mean 'was in his normal, everyday pocket.' It was terrifying 19 seconds, let me tell you!
About this time, we realized that we had forgotten to pack Jeremy's coat, which is kind of a bad thing for Europe in March. Luckily we have enough warm clothes that he'll be able to get by.
Weird pre-lined toilet in Chicago women's room
Needless to say, we were not bumped to a later plane, and we made it to Frankfort with no problems. We have finally started to add pictures! This will be a slow process and we do not have much time, so check back in a few days for more.
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