Chicago, Here we Come!!

All Aboard!

Things finally got better in the end...

We decided to take a train to Chicago to celebrate my parent's 40th anniversary as well as my mom's 60th birthday. It sounded like a great time without the drama of flying and the pain in the butt of driving! When getting on the train in KC, the staff was obviously ready for a day off? The train starts in L.A. and ends in Chicago and there were staff and passengers ready for it to be over already. There were not seats together for 10 of us and everyone ended up in a seat except Chris, Griffin and I. We found 2 together and sat down. Chris found one near us and sat down. The lady next to him had hospital bands on both wrists and was obvioulsy annoyed with him sitting there. She started yelling at him and told him she was going to "make him pay." (I actually have a pic of her but didn't post it in case she tries to hunt us down, LOL I pretended to text while taking a pic of her.) There was about 5 more minutes of ranting until Chris chose to sit with me and Griff on our laps. It was NOT a good way to start the trip. The rest of the fam was having a GREAT ole time while Chris tried to avoid eye contact with the crazy lady. The guy behind us kept asking me for a saftey pin and I didn't have one?! (But he didn't stop asking?) It was a strange couple of hours. The train ride home was a WHOLE different experience!! Will post more later...