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MISSION: TAKE JACKLYN & NEPHEW TO AIRPORT FOR 7:30 PM FLIGHT.
TIME OF DEPARTURE: 4:00 PM
From the house to the airport, O'HARE, is roughly an hour. Traffic was ok; cars driving slow because of the snow. It snowed pretty much all day yesterday. Amazing snow! When we left home, there was about 4-5 inches of snow outside. Well we were good with time up until the last 20 miles. We literally stopped. Cars weren't moving, snow was still falling. The time was about 6:00 PM. It took us an hour to make 1 mile. There was snow everywhere.
Probably a good foot and a half of snow. It was snowing pretty heavy too, didn't look like it was gonna stop. Jacklyn called the airline and was relieved because her flight was delayed for an hour. So she still has time to make her flight. It slowly turned in 8:15 PM and we still had 18 miles to go. Clearly we weren't going to make the flight, so she went ahead and changed her flight for the next one, which is the following morning at 8. We were hungry as hell so we exited the highway to find something to eat. It took us an hour to get off the bridge. AN HOUR! Took us another hour to find food. WE FELT SO HOMELESS. We finally went to this chinese restaurant, HAPPY CHEF. And let me tell you, food taste so so so so good when you're starving. :)
We were done eating around 11 o'clock. So back on the road we go. Traffic sorta died down, so we made it to the airport around 11:45 PM. Dropped them off and headed home. The traffic was great. All cars moved beautifully. BUT! It all came to a stop. Not moving, not moving, not moving. We then started to move, but to a detour route. The detour was probably a good 3 miles off, but took me a good two hours. Finally got to the main road then smooth sailing from there. Got home in the next 30 minutes. Figured I was done with all the delays for the evening. BUT! Right when I turned onto our street, it turned out that the street wasn't shoveled yet. So driving 3 miles an hour was a must. I was so happy to see home. It was crazy because I couldn't see the driveway. COVERED IN SNOW. So I attempted to drive into the garage. And what happens? I got stuck in the snow. YES, tires turned but went nowhere. I had to reverse and drive..reverse and drive....reverse and drive. I did that for a good 10 minutes before I finally made it up the driveway and into the garage.
TIME OF ARRIVAL: 2:00 AM.
WHAT CAME OUT FROM THIS YUCKIE ORDEAL?
WAKING UP TO THIS - - >
TIME OF DEPARTURE: 4:00 PM
From the house to the airport, O'HARE, is roughly an hour. Traffic was ok; cars driving slow because of the snow. It snowed pretty much all day yesterday. Amazing snow! When we left home, there was about 4-5 inches of snow outside. Well we were good with time up until the last 20 miles. We literally stopped. Cars weren't moving, snow was still falling. The time was about 6:00 PM. It took us an hour to make 1 mile. There was snow everywhere.
Probably a good foot and a half of snow. It was snowing pretty heavy too, didn't look like it was gonna stop. Jacklyn called the airline and was relieved because her flight was delayed for an hour. So she still has time to make her flight. It slowly turned in 8:15 PM and we still had 18 miles to go. Clearly we weren't going to make the flight, so she went ahead and changed her flight for the next one, which is the following morning at 8. We were hungry as hell so we exited the highway to find something to eat. It took us an hour to get off the bridge. AN HOUR! Took us another hour to find food. WE FELT SO HOMELESS. We finally went to this chinese restaurant, HAPPY CHEF. And let me tell you, food taste so so so so good when you're starving. :)We were done eating around 11 o'clock. So back on the road we go. Traffic sorta died down, so we made it to the airport around 11:45 PM. Dropped them off and headed home. The traffic was great. All cars moved beautifully. BUT! It all came to a stop. Not moving, not moving, not moving. We then started to move, but to a detour route. The detour was probably a good 3 miles off, but took me a good two hours. Finally got to the main road then smooth sailing from there. Got home in the next 30 minutes. Figured I was done with all the delays for the evening. BUT! Right when I turned onto our street, it turned out that the street wasn't shoveled yet. So driving 3 miles an hour was a must. I was so happy to see home. It was crazy because I couldn't see the driveway. COVERED IN SNOW. So I attempted to drive into the garage. And what happens? I got stuck in the snow. YES, tires turned but went nowhere. I had to reverse and drive..reverse and drive....reverse and drive. I did that for a good 10 minutes before I finally made it up the driveway and into the garage.
TIME OF ARRIVAL: 2:00 AM.
WHAT CAME OUT FROM THIS YUCKIE ORDEAL?
WAKING UP TO THIS - - >
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