Travel Is Stressful

On Saturday afternoon I left my place in Winona and drove to Minneapolis to stay at Offspring #2's house. On Sunday morning we left for the MSP airport at 6:30. I arrived in Chicago at 10:30. My flight to Tokyo was delayed for 45 minutes because some transferring fliers in Chicago were late. I arrived in Tokyo 20 minutes before my flight to Fukuoka was due to leave. I had to go through customs so I missed my flight. Since this was all United Airlines fault, I was told to get a hotel at the Villa hotel (a short indoor 5 minute walk away). United Airlines would reimburse me up to $200 for the hotel and $50 for a meal. I am so stuffed from all the food I had on the flight to Tokyo I couldn't eat another meal. Tomorrow my next flight leaves at 8:30 a.m. This hotel is very nice and it sure felt good to take off my compression socks and take a shower. Total for today of time spent in the air was 18 hours. I keep telling myself it's not the destination, it's the journey.