It felt good to be away from the office although I felt compelled to check in. I woke up at 6 am like usual and drove Zoey to school. (She wanted to go to a few periods before the trip.) After that, I met Vicki Heller, who is the new President of Temple Emanu-el of Long Beach. She was talking about the rabbi’s contract and some other things going on at the synagogue.
Around 10:30 am, I decided to get my nails and toes polished at Best Nails. After that, I picked up Zoey at school and raced home for final packing. Brian and Derek were out. So Zoey and I had a quick bite to eat and packed the rest of our clothes for the trip. The Limo got there at 1 pm and we were off to Newark.
“We’re three hours early Hilary!” said my husband. “Now what are we going to do???”
“You know, I always feel like we rush around,” I said. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be early.”
We found a steak restaurant at the airport, Gallagher’s Steakhouse. Sat down and had a nice relaxing afternoon lunch. There was no stress, which was so nice to feel after feeling stressed for so long!
Of course the plane was delayed. Who would have expected it to be on time? The one interesting difference between Continental Airlines and Delta Airlines is that Continental had food. It wasn’t great but what can you expect from an airline?
