Closing Thoughts
Home again, home again. No place like it. Getting here yesterday was both smooth and not smooth. Disembarking from the Viking Mars was easy, well staffed and efficient. Our flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Atlanta was uneventful, and we had plenty of time in the layover for lunch. The problem was that the layover became extended and extended and extended when, first, the pilot who was supposed to fly us to Columbus was "fatigued". This set off a search that added nearly 3 hours to our planned 3:30 p.m. departure. Safety comes first but aggravating sometimes. I was so looking forward to an early evening and catching up on bowl games, watching Illinois defeat Tennessee to extend the (so far) dominance of the Big 10 over the SEC. And, I did get to watch it - the last 10 minutes (which were probably the best anyway) - and see Illinois kick a game-ending field goal to win. Even though I'm not a fan of their coach, Brett Bielma, I was glad to...