The day started at 2:38 a.m. for me. That was when I heard Philip get up, and I looked at the clock. The alarm was set to go off at 2:45. I don't know how his internal alarm works, but he never needs a wake-up call. We had to be in the hotel lobby by 3:15 a.m. for the bus ride back to the airport in Naples. Our first flight was at 6:15 a.m. We flew from Naples to Munich, and now we are on the way to Houston as I write. After a three-hour layover in Houston, we sh...

The flight from Albuquerque to Chicago was fine and on time which was just perfect since we only had one and a half hours as a layover in Chicago. By the time we changed from the arrival gate to the departure gate, there was only thirty minutes or so to wait for boarding which we did in the nearby President’s lounge.

We left Lubbock after having a nice long weekend reminiscing about years gone by when we were much younger. What a fun time it was!