The Moving Walkway is Ending

 

I got back to my room at 12:30 last night. As much as I tried, I was unable to get eaten by the promised moutain lions. I believe that they could be found in Pacific Grove. It's astoundingly quiet after dark and the yards are dark and there's plenty of room for one to move through. Oh well. I took a shower as soon as I got in, got dressed and went to bed. I had set my alarm for 4:30, but it turns out I didn't need it since I woke up at 4:20 in a panic. I rounded up my stuff and went out to meet my taxi, who showed up on time (4:50a)- something I never believed would happen. He drove me over to the Monterey Transit Plaza and we talked about fishing in the Bay. Turns out the squid might be returning after a few el Nino years.

The shuttle was just a passenger van, and it got us to San Jose right at 7:00a as scheduled. SJC is a big old mess. It's got way more people than it was designed for. Plus, Southwest and Air Mexico are in the same terminal. They have tried to set it up so they can get the lines worked out but with the new security they now have at least 3 long, snaky line that end up crossing, plus the lines block new people trying to get to the counters. A woman who was working for security was standing there just telling everyone that they had to behave, since she didn't want any fistfights breaking out again.

The flight was mostly uneventful, I guess, since I slept through the whole trip. I stayed awake for the takeoff from SJC, and for the evasive manouvers the pilot had to take to avoid another jet. I woke up for a minute when we landed in Reno, but I fell asleep again until we took off again an hour later. I then slept until we were about to land in Chicago. I actually felt pretty good when we landed. I got a sandwich at the food court and surrendered to the charge for the wireless. This concourse is pretty new, but there's almost no outlets and I need one so I'm sitting in the aisle like all the other junkies.

The plane at this gate is about to empty, so I need to get out of the way.

I'll be home in 3 hours.

Finally.