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Cincinnati Trip, day 3 of 3
Oct. 8th, 2022 11:59 pmSATURDAY
Woke up about quarter to seven to pee and didn't go back to sleep right away. Milo woke his parents up about quarter after. I reset the alarm for 8:30 and went back to bed. Hearing no one up and about when the alarm went off, I stayed in bed until Ella came skittering by about quarter to nine. I got up and had breakfast with Milo and Matt, said goodbye to Tristan as she left for the hairdresser, then chatted with Gary via text; he'd been up all night and was heading for bed, having finished the grocery shopping on the way home. Then I hopped in the shower and finished packing up.
We left about eleven and arrived at Colleen and Rab's around 11:30. Colleen was also at the hairdresser but Rab, Kate, Alyssa, Ryan, and Brynn were home. Matt wished his dad a happy birthday which I'd forgotten was today. I sat in the living room while Brynn finished her breakfast and then moved to the family room with everyone else after Matt left. Colleen came home with a very nice and discreet blonde hair color as opposed to trying to reproduce her natural ginger-brown color. Meanwhile Kate and Brynn baked a pineapple upside-down cake for Rab's birthday. Colleen and I fixed lunch of homemade soup and sandwiches for ourselves and she put on a tiny serving of soup for Milo (which he didn't eat). Sheila arrived around 1:30, and we had coffee and I had a piece of the cake. We chatted while Colleen rocked Milo to sleep.
About ten to three I went upstairs to change clothes and noticed my Ohio State ball cap was missing from atop my suitcase where I left it. It turned out that Brynn put it on as they left for soccer. Colleen, Sheila, and I left about ten after three for the airport. On the way Kate called Colleen and they arranged to meet at St. Ignatius to drop off the hat, because the airport was reporting only a 10-minute wait at security so we would have time.
We arrived at the airport by ten to four. I dropped off my bag and was through security by 4:45. Gary texted me just as I was ascending the escalator to concourse A. According to my boarding pass we were to begin boarding at five so I stopped by the newsstand and picked up a bag of trail mix to supplement the fruit and cheese plate I'd pre-ordered for dinner, as there wouldn't be time to eat in the terminal. I briefly sat next to a cute cub wearing a Portland Trailblazers cap, T-shirt, shorts, and sandals with socks. There was a parade of people needing to pre-board, mostly families with small children and strollers, and also a few wheelchairs and a fellow with a cane. Once they were on board I took my place in line for first class and was seated. My seat mate was a dude with a lighter build, an unusual haircut (bushy on top, reduced to stubble in back) and a five o'clock shadow. He stowed a bag for a petite Asian lady who looked of an age to be his mother. We pushed back from the gate right on time and took off to the west.
Once we reached 10 000 feet I fired up the in-flight entertainment and selected a reality show called "Mud, Sweat, and Beards" which featured a very mismatched couple of straight dudes with impressive beards who like to go off in the middle of nowhere with the clothes they're wearing and a few simple tools and live by their wits for a few days. The older of the two is white with a gray beard and the other is black with long braided hair. There are a few jokes calling into question how straight they really are, but it's all in good fun. I watched one full episode and started a second when dinner was served. I needn't have bothered with the trail mix, as unlike the previous meal in coach, the first-class meal came with a green salad with vinaigrette and a dinner roll with butter in addition to the fruit and cheese. As soon as I'd finished eating and the tray was taken away, I took the opportunity to use the lavatory for an incredibly long pee, then returned to my seat, journaled, and resumed watching the second episode. By the time we began our final descent and had to turn off the Wi-Fi, I got about halfway through the fourth and final episode on offer. The locations were Alaska, Louisiana, Iceland, and New Mexico. I got a few sunset pictures from the window. Our route was consistently further south than usual, crossing South Dakota, Wyoming, and southern Idaho rather than North Dakota and Montana.
When we parked at the gate, I was desperate to pee; fortunately the restroom was adjacent to the gate. We had to wait a while for baggage to arrive on the carousel but my bag was in the first dozen or so. I made my way to the train station and it wasn't long before a 3-car Born Free train arrived (the nickname comes from the two-tone signal that an announcement is forthcoming). I texted Gary to let him know when to arrive at Northgate Station to meet me. We waited a few minutes for the two baseball wild card games then in progress to finish and then headed home, arriving about nine.
Woke up about quarter to seven to pee and didn't go back to sleep right away. Milo woke his parents up about quarter after. I reset the alarm for 8:30 and went back to bed. Hearing no one up and about when the alarm went off, I stayed in bed until Ella came skittering by about quarter to nine. I got up and had breakfast with Milo and Matt, said goodbye to Tristan as she left for the hairdresser, then chatted with Gary via text; he'd been up all night and was heading for bed, having finished the grocery shopping on the way home. Then I hopped in the shower and finished packing up.
We left about eleven and arrived at Colleen and Rab's around 11:30. Colleen was also at the hairdresser but Rab, Kate, Alyssa, Ryan, and Brynn were home. Matt wished his dad a happy birthday which I'd forgotten was today. I sat in the living room while Brynn finished her breakfast and then moved to the family room with everyone else after Matt left. Colleen came home with a very nice and discreet blonde hair color as opposed to trying to reproduce her natural ginger-brown color. Meanwhile Kate and Brynn baked a pineapple upside-down cake for Rab's birthday. Colleen and I fixed lunch of homemade soup and sandwiches for ourselves and she put on a tiny serving of soup for Milo (which he didn't eat). Sheila arrived around 1:30, and we had coffee and I had a piece of the cake. We chatted while Colleen rocked Milo to sleep.
About ten to three I went upstairs to change clothes and noticed my Ohio State ball cap was missing from atop my suitcase where I left it. It turned out that Brynn put it on as they left for soccer. Colleen, Sheila, and I left about ten after three for the airport. On the way Kate called Colleen and they arranged to meet at St. Ignatius to drop off the hat, because the airport was reporting only a 10-minute wait at security so we would have time.
We arrived at the airport by ten to four. I dropped off my bag and was through security by 4:45. Gary texted me just as I was ascending the escalator to concourse A. According to my boarding pass we were to begin boarding at five so I stopped by the newsstand and picked up a bag of trail mix to supplement the fruit and cheese plate I'd pre-ordered for dinner, as there wouldn't be time to eat in the terminal. I briefly sat next to a cute cub wearing a Portland Trailblazers cap, T-shirt, shorts, and sandals with socks. There was a parade of people needing to pre-board, mostly families with small children and strollers, and also a few wheelchairs and a fellow with a cane. Once they were on board I took my place in line for first class and was seated. My seat mate was a dude with a lighter build, an unusual haircut (bushy on top, reduced to stubble in back) and a five o'clock shadow. He stowed a bag for a petite Asian lady who looked of an age to be his mother. We pushed back from the gate right on time and took off to the west.
Once we reached 10 000 feet I fired up the in-flight entertainment and selected a reality show called "Mud, Sweat, and Beards" which featured a very mismatched couple of straight dudes with impressive beards who like to go off in the middle of nowhere with the clothes they're wearing and a few simple tools and live by their wits for a few days. The older of the two is white with a gray beard and the other is black with long braided hair. There are a few jokes calling into question how straight they really are, but it's all in good fun. I watched one full episode and started a second when dinner was served. I needn't have bothered with the trail mix, as unlike the previous meal in coach, the first-class meal came with a green salad with vinaigrette and a dinner roll with butter in addition to the fruit and cheese. As soon as I'd finished eating and the tray was taken away, I took the opportunity to use the lavatory for an incredibly long pee, then returned to my seat, journaled, and resumed watching the second episode. By the time we began our final descent and had to turn off the Wi-Fi, I got about halfway through the fourth and final episode on offer. The locations were Alaska, Louisiana, Iceland, and New Mexico. I got a few sunset pictures from the window. Our route was consistently further south than usual, crossing South Dakota, Wyoming, and southern Idaho rather than North Dakota and Montana.
When we parked at the gate, I was desperate to pee; fortunately the restroom was adjacent to the gate. We had to wait a while for baggage to arrive on the carousel but my bag was in the first dozen or so. I made my way to the train station and it wasn't long before a 3-car Born Free train arrived (the nickname comes from the two-tone signal that an announcement is forthcoming). I texted Gary to let him know when to arrive at Northgate Station to meet me. We waited a few minutes for the two baseball wild card games then in progress to finish and then headed home, arriving about nine.