On the road again? Well, I'm off the road again! Or something like that. NYC was great. Seriously whirlwind, but great. We spent quite a bit of time at the Millionaire studio. All day Tuesday, and half the day Wednesday. We really wanted to be done Tues. so we could play Wed., but it just wasn't in the cards. Actually, I think it was better for CJ, my cousin. (well, actually my mom's cousin's son, but whatever, that's cousin to me) Because he was able to watch everyone the first day and cogitate everything over night, he was much more relaxed. I would have been exactly the opposite. The longer they made me wait, the more nervous I would have been. I was incredibly proud of CJ. He came across so calm, cool, collected, and most impressively, articulate. The people who are supposed to come across well, the doctors and lawyers, and what not seem to crumble, but not my CJ. He totally rose to the occasion. And, i thought he played the game perfectly. His episode will air the third week (ish) of December. Oh, but he goes by Cole.
And I can't say enough good about Meredith Viera. Mom's always liked her, so I've know who she was and followed her and have to say respected her for keeping her politics out of her reporting. Now, I'm totally in love with her! She was incredibly kind to everyone. Just lovely, and seemed 100% genuine. As my awesome Apple co-worker would say, she's Flaw-Less!
I was able to do just a smidge of shopping in Soho (Crumpler and Kate's) and visited the 5th Ave. Apple store. Wow! Also, we did a bit of site seeing. Took him to Soho with me, then on to the Empire State Building (where we ran into a guy working there who just moved to NYC from Tulsa. I didn't believe him at first, but when he started telling me about where all the Wal-Mart neighboorhood markets were, I did!) and Times Sq. We did quite a bit of walking so CJ could see more of the city. Were it up to me, it would have been subways all the way, but that way he got to see a little more than just the tunnels and the studio. Lest we forget, I also introduced CJ to Chipotle. I eat there whenever I can, so that's where we had dinner Tues. nite. YUM, YUM, YUM!!!
We barely made it home that night. And by barely, I mean by the skin of our collective chinny chin chin. We got to the airport really early. And by really, I mean several hours. It was either that, or hang around Manhattan for an hour and then hope that the traffic wasn't too bad. We chose the former (and on the way, CJ got his first glimpse of Harlem. I think his eyes were a big as saucers when i told him we were there. I didn't tell him that it's going through a renaissance/gentrification.) and thus had tons of time at the airport.
Anyway, we're sitting there forever. I drop a wad in the gift shops. Hats, tees, mags, books. Couldn't resist. We eat awesome Au Bon Pain sandwiches, make phone calls, and hang. CJ decides to check the boards just to check on our flight. He comes back, "Um Jamie, our 5:45 flight is delayed untl 7:25." Now, mind you, we had a 7-something flight out of Chicago. Even with the time change, there was no way we'd make it. Off I went to the ticket counter to get us rerouted. Somehow, I managed to get us two of the last seats on the plane to Dallas, and they were together no less!!! The counter agent was a goddess! That plane was delayed a while too, but we had plenty of time in Dallas. Which was great, seeing as we had to run through DFW to make our connecting flight on the way out. All's I'm sayin' is we didn't need a repeat! On the plane was a guy I'd done a personal shopping session with at the Apple Store. I even remembered his name. Too crazy, huh?
We finally make it home well after 11, and wouldn't ya know, no bags. I didn't really expect it. But, the bag lady (heh!) wouldn't do a claim ticket for us because it was possible that our bags made it through on the original flight (the second leg out of Chicago was delayed by 2 hours) and we could come back out (or wait) at 12 after midnight to see. Um yeah, not so much. I was in dire need of beauty sleep, plus I had an Outlook class at 8:30 the next morning. So, she gave me a 1-800 number to call. Needless to say, when I called the next day, it was a bit of a mess. but, the lovely lady on the other end of the phone was able to tell me that both of our bags where there. When I got there, the new bag lady said that they had only just gotten there a bit before! Good thing I didn't wait. Luckily, we live in the land of the Okies where noone really checks things like baggage claim tix, and I took both bags and was on my merry way into the 103 degree heat. Did I mention that? No? And we took almost the entire top off the Jeep. Oh my! It's hot.
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