Dom and his hobby finds himself traveling to Orlando for a one-day pop-up event for a doll that he collects called Poppy Parker. He was able to attend by another one of those "lottery" plays where you win the right to pay for a seat.
Dom has a crazy, long day ahead of him. The event starts sometime after 9AM on the 6th. So Dom's flight leaves out of Midway airport at 5:05 AM that morning and arrives in Orlando sometime around 8:30 AM. From what he said, the hotel he's going to should be near-ish the airport so he won't have to travel far. But pretty much it's a full day event which concludes around 6 or 7 in the evening. Then he has to get ready for a flight that leaves just before 9PM and arrives back at Midway close to 11pm.
So I get the pleasure of driving him to and from the airport. It's about an hour drive which includes dealing with crazy folks on the road. We've had inclement weather this last week as well. I did a quick trip to Detroit on Thanksgiving for the holiday, driving back home the next day to avoid a messy storm that was brewing in Indiana on Saturday. There were so many accidents reported, including a 50+ car pile-up in Terre Haute, IN on Dec 2nd.
My biggest worry was having potential snowstorms happening when I drop off and pick up Dom. There was a mention of a potential storm Friday night into Saturday morning but thankfully the system is delayed till Sunday.
Dom has a lot of travel ahead of him. I do worry about him having to navigate his way around the airport especially since he's a lot slower than he used to be.
So I'll have this Saturday to myself. I plan to use some of that time to go shopping for Christmas gifts for 3 local area kids for the holiday that need holiday cheer. I also need to go to the bank and find out why we haven't gotten credited for the hack that happened on September 5th. When I went back after our initial trip to the bank, the teller claimed that the fraud team would need to investigate and it would take up to 90 days for us to get credited. 90 days is on the 5th and we still didn't get our $600 back (which would've been useful for Dom's upcoming trip since I deposited that very amount into the joint). It's a good thing I was able to recover from that hit. What if I was living paycheck to paycheck (which actually I kind of am since I need a job) and had some bills that I couldn't pay because of the money lost? It is crazy that it's taking this long to get credited.
I also reached out to Anthony and we plan to meet up for some more fun. I am glad that we reconnected. I've always seem to have a hard time meeting guys for hookups but in recent years it's gotten harder. The gameplaying has increased immensely. There's just so many fake people online. So I'm grateful that Anthony and I crossed paths again and he's been a reliable hookup.
