That Central Time update that didn't happen last spring? I'm making up for it now. Heard a succession of stories about my connecting flight out of Chicago involving weather delays, an unwieldy mess left by the Ohio State football team plus entourage, and mechanical glitches—the sum total of which has landed me in the Westin O'Hare overnight.

If only there were a gang here to trampoline back and forth across the gulf between the two double beds with me and elsewise act like small and boisterous children, it would be mucho fun. Instead, I've hunted internet access all the way over the river, through the woods, and down into the depths of the very lowest level of the hotel. Am due back at the airport before 8am tomorrow, so probably heading to bed right about... now. Woohoo!