We live as long as we fly
After the science museum, we had to make it to the performance at the medieval castle by 2:00 PM. Unfortunately, first we got stuck in hellish traffic on the way out of Chicago, and then I punched the wrong address into the GPS. Instead of taking the highway exit straight to the castle, we dragged our way through a 5-mile detour. The castle and the show are called Medieval Times.
While I was here telling you about the wonders of capitalism, Starbucks decided to close 600 coffee shops in the US and scale back its expansion plans, and Walmart changed its logo.
It was like this :
The next morning the weather was fine, and we could have gone to the Sears Tower, but we went to the John Hancock Tower instead. And that's because it was close to the hotel, and we still needed to make it to the Science And Industry Museum first, and then on top of that to a performance in a medieval castle. If you're actually taking in the meaning of my words, rather than just skimming, you should be experiencing some cognitive dissonance right about now — where would a medieval castle in the US come from if Columbus sailed here in 1492?
I hope you got enough thrills from the last post, because in this one I'm going back to my usual style.
After the fundraiser handed us the postcards, we figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to send them off. Even though it was already late, we started looking for a post office and successfully found one. We needed it because US post offices have self-service kiosks that let you choose the exact stamp denomination, buy it with a credit card, print it out, and then mail your package. Very convenient, especially for introverts. True, the stamp selection process isn't that simple, and I accidentally printed a few Priority Mail ones, costing almost a buck a piece. But every cloud has a silver lining — the postcard arrived in 3 days! Regular airmail from the US usually takes about a week. On the other hand, only one postcard made it home, while the one sent to the office somehow didn't.