Thursday, October 17, 2024
I would like to say that I slept well last night but, as usual before a travel day, I did not. Too much time reviewing all my To-do lists and What-If lists. Frustrating.
Got up to a cold morning. Pumpkin came on in early, ate, and then went right back out. He didn’t stay out long though. He jumped on the ottoman and promptly fell asleep. I was hoping he would have a nice nap, and we could leave without disturbing him.
Unfortunately, he heard the luggage zippers being zipped and knew that the day was not going to work out for him. He went to the door to be let out but, sorry buddy, you need to stay inside. Once I said “no,” he immediately went to his favorite “I’m mad at you Mom” hiding spot.
Arrived at the shuttle company at 12:30. A van was being loaded. Since our van was supposed to start loading at 12:45, I thought this van would be going to Nashville. When I came out of the restroom, Chuck told me that it was our van. The driver was kind of miffed that he had to rearrange other luggage to get ours in. Oh well. The instructions say to arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to departure time so there was no reason to start packing the van 30 minutes early.
Traffic was heavy but we arrived at the airport at 3:15. Since we weren’t flying out today, I wasn’t concerned. We exited to the ground transportation area and waited about 15 minutes for our hotel shuttle to arrive. We stayed again at our go-to hotel – the Hyatt Airport South. Looked like they had finished the outside renovations they were working on in August. We arrived just in time for their happy hour. There were several guests enjoying the spirits and we had a nice conversation with them.
We were going to eat at the Ruby Tuesday next door, but they were closed due to some water issues. Instead, we walked over to the Sonesta hotel and ate at their restaurant – The Burger Place.
The service was slower than what we had in August, but I believe the waitress was new and she seemed to be trying hard. There weren’t many people in the restaurant, but she had all the tables. Chuck had his usual cheeseburger. I got a cheese quesadilla off of the appetizer menu instead of my usual chicken wings. The food was good.
We watched some new Fall TV shows and called it a night.
Tomorrow: Boston
