Chicago!

Today was a wonderful, yet sad day. I left my family for ISSA, the jan-san trade show of the year for my work. I had to leave my wife and daugther; Bummer :( but I got to see my son who is going to school there!!!!! It has been so great to see him, hug him, kiss him and just be around him. He is a good kid. I had to opportunity to get bumped today on my flight. They would have given me 600 in airline vouchers (that would have almost paid for my son to come both at Thanksgiving and Christmas, tough choice) a couple of meal coupons and they would guarantee me the 5pm flight. There was another flight like an hour later but I could only get Priority Wait List Status, no guarantee. I thought about it but I didn't take it. Time with my kids is too precious for me to have wasted an entire day at the airport. Anyway, my son met me at the airport and he started screaming, "Dad, Dad!" when he saw me, he came running up and just threw himself at me. Everyone was looking at us and "awwwwing". It was cool. We went to the Sears tower. They have something up there where you can step out onto plexiglass and it looks like you are standing in mid-air. Totally freaky. You all know how much I love heights but I did inch out onto it a bit. Freaked me out. We then went to get pizza at Giordano's. Good. We got back to my hotel and crashed for a while then we went out to dinner at the Saloon Steakhouse. Unbelievable. The steak was incredible. Great time. I am tired and the show starts early tomorrow. Chicago!