My Chicago

Well it started on Wednesday morning when I woke up. I went online to print out my itinerary for my flight that was to leave @ 9pm. Low and behold the ticket said 6:05am! My heart sang to my stomach. It was already 8am i hadn’t packed yet, my brain starts to race 100 miles an hour! I kind of panic a bit, to the point to where I call my brother Jesse and let him know “dude I am not going to Chicago!” I call the airline and they give me the whole deal with paying for an upgrade and it just makes things a bit harder for me. I bought this one way ticket months back and it was only 80 dollars with tax! So hear I am totally excited about going home to Chicago and ready to head to our new offices and spend sometime there before I leave and forced to rush home and pack. I also needed to get a ride to the airport to try and get on a flight ASAP!!. So I was able to get in contact with Terry and she was able to take me Thank God. We head in the beeeeemmmmer!!! haha and I get to the airport, rush to the ticket counter and let them know my situation. The woman I speak with gave me such a hard time about trying to go stand by on a flight. She insists I pay $380 upgrade fee. My heart sinks again! I say to myself I guess I am not meant to go home this time around. The manager arrives after about 30 minutes of going back and forth with this woman. He tells me you’re on the 1:30pm flight enjoy your day. A sigh of relief hits me, I go through security so happy my heart rate goes back to its normal rate. So I go to my gate to ask for my boarding pass. Then another woman starts to get my ticket info then she stops looks up at me and says well the total is going to be $380. I was like wait a minute your manager said its ok to put me stand by on this flight without paying. She makes me wait till 1:25 before giving me my boarding pass. I mean I almost missed my flight waiting at the gate! I said to myself what is up with these women?!! I mean they break hearts and now they want to break pockets too!! Well That was the end of the drama there! There’s one woman who didn’t give me a hard time that day and that was my momma! When I walked in my house after my 3 hour flight gives me a huge hug and starts to cry. Well thats my mom for you. So we sit and chat a bit as I eat some really good homemade food! My dad was outside in my yard still building “The Fort,” I swear my dad has been building a time machine back there and he is keeping it a secret. So I go out and he gives me a huge hug and just welcomes me! My dad is pretty awesome. So we sit in the yard and catch up a bit and he is getting some veneers which is pretty cool! haha My dad is going to have the ultimate Colgate smile! haha. My nephews and Nieces get home and we sit in front of my house and chat up and play catch. These kids are so close to me. Baseball is the talk right now with my nephews. So it was good catch up. That night we hangout with the family! Guess what we eat? Home Run Inn Pizza!! Oh My Goodness!!! Miami has no clue what good Pizza is. I mean it was amazing!!! CHICAGO HAS THE BEST PIZZA IN THE WORLD!!! BETTER THAN NEW YORK!!! BETTER THAN ANYTHING OUT THERE!!! This was my first day spending time time with the family. Day 2 will be up tomorrow. PEACE