For Cryin' Out Loud---It Didn't Take Me THAT Long to Get to China!

Over 14 hours and all 4 time zones later: Hello from

SUNNY, HOT (AND DID I MENTION SUNNY?)California!!!

Insane. Everytime I boarded a plane, I turned my watch back an hour. It was a real hoot to talk to Jeff. He would ask me what time it was and what time my flights were and I didn't even know what time zone to convert it to. (by the way, did you know that the enormous, entire country of China has only ONE time zone? I don't know how they do it, but it sure would be nice)

I started my day at 11:30am heading to the airport for my first of 3 flights. I got there and found out that my very first flight had been delayed by 3 hours, which would mean I'd miss all my connections. There was a storm heading in from Chicago (which was where I was headed), so the ticket desk suggested that instead of waiting, I take a bus to O'Hare. OK.
The bus ride was 3 hours long. It started to rain the closer I got to Chicago and I prayed that it would continue to stay rain until I got out of there.
I made a later flight to Denver, which I noticed was the LAST flight out of there. All later flights were canceled. As I got on the plane the rain changed to snow, but we got out of there in time.
I finally got to California at 1:30am.
I'm just glad I made it. I knew if I didn't get out of Chicago last night, I wouldn't be getting out for a couple of days.

I heard that we got a foot of snow back home. Whew. Did I dodge that one! And to think, I thought maybe I shouldn't go?? hah. hah. hah.

It's sunny and going to be 78 degrees here. AND! It's only 9:30am instead of 1/2 the day being gone already.

I'll be heading to the pool-----yes, the POOL-----later!

(haven't had time to get pictures yet, but I'll work on it)