Got up at 6:15 and was way tired, but I had a cab booked for 7:15 and a plane to catch, so no opportunity to make an excuse and go back to sleep. Got ready and packed the last few things and was finally ready to go.
The cab driver smelt a bit - most prominently of stale cigarettes - and I had to put up with this for the entire journey. The traffic was awful and I was extremely worried that I was going to miss my plane, especially as my phone had died and I had no way of contacting anyone. But, after trying every back-route possible, we finally made it to Heathrow terminal 5, 1 hour, 30 minutes early. Phew!
There were no seats with extra legroom on the plane, which was annoying, but I was so glad I made it that I didn't really mind. I went down to gate and the first sign that I was visiting America was there: a girl in a black North Face fleece; how original. We got on to the plane and the journey was uneventful apart from a little bit of turbulence. The film choice was awful so I ended up watching documentaries on the Berlin Wall and a trek across Antarctica amongst others to pass the time. The flight went quickly and before I knew it we were touching down in Chicago, 8 hours 20 minutes after leaving London.
I got through security without any issues, collected my bag and walked through the exit as I had done on 1st October; Kayla was standing in the same spot and I ran up to meet her. We hugged and kissed for a while and I realised how good it was to be back. We jumped in a taxi and $40 later we pulled up in West Albion Avenue.
We spent a couple of hours in Kayla's room before heading out and getting some food from Chipotle. Everything was still so familiar - it was nice - and after a burrito and some chips we went back to the apartment. I was so tired by this point that we only stayed up another couple of hours. I was dozing a bit, talkig half-asleep crap and Kayla had started putting my clothes away because she's nice like that! We went to bed at 9:30 and that was my first day back in Chi.
I hope these get more interesting as the days go by...
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