Business Trip.

Our wonderful man of the house left us for a few days this week to attend a conference for work in Chicago. He had an eventful trip... the flight was delayed three hours and when he finally arrived at his downtown hotel, they didn't have a room for him even though he had a reservation. He ended up sitting in the hotel lobby bar for a few hours until they found another hotel for him. After his taxi ride there and getting settled, he ended up getting only four hours of sleep that night.

Uff-da, right? Did I mention we considered having Eli and I join him for this trip? Imagine how stressful that would have been with a 14-month old! Thankful we decided against tagging along. His flight was also delayed two hours yesterday. Seriously, United gets one star in my book. Maybe no stars even, but definitely not five stars.

Oh and I should mention the hotel felt really bad. They gave him a awesome room the next day and a fruit basket. Nothing says a corporate "I'm sorry" like a fruit basket.

I made Greg take photos. Here are a few:

Ah, a real city.

Soldier Field... da Bears!

The view from his (final) hotel room... pretty awesome with Navy Pier in the background.

One person trips are bummers for taking photos, but Greg got smart here.

It was a good trip for him but we were so, so excited to have him back home. Thanks to our friends that helped me with Eli. Those breaks were a blessing and helped me make it through the few days without being totally burned out on mom-duty.

Happy Weekend!

-Heather