Ready, Set, WAIT!!!!

Following Andy's travels is turning into a game of red light green light. I'm trying so hard to leave, but God keeps turning around and saying "Red Light!!!! moohahaha!!" Currently I'm in a state of red-light suspension, aka Minneapolis.

Remember how I said "hopefully" the next time you hear from me will be Europe? Either I'm a cynic or someone up there has an ironic sense of humor, because here I am, updating from the good ol' US of A.

Two nights ago said goodbye to my car, delicious Mexican food, and my friends and family. I stayed with Bob, who's attitude is sometimes a little too care-free. The philosophy "We'll get there when we get there" doesn't really work for me when driving to the airport, but we arrived unscathed and only an hour behind schedule. Bob imparted some deep thoughts: "I think reality is sometimes a really big constriction," which I thought was intriguing and almost quintessentially Bob but not something immediately acceptable for me.

At the airport I ran into Amy, who was having difficulty with the self-serve machines, but in the end we made it to the airplane in time for final boarding so all was good. After an uneventful flight, we landing in Minneapolis and realized how indecisive we both are when it comes to choosing food. In fact, we are realizing that we will realize quite a lot about each other, and with all the realizations its probably good we'll have a 6-month break from each other after these weeks. But it's been fun, as we both have good senses of humor, and when our flight was delayed 3 hours because our pilot was trapped in Atlanta, we took our food vouchers and headed to TGI Fridays for supposedly our last American meal.

Upon our return it turned out due to London's curfew policy and the tardiness of the pilot, our flight was canceled. It has been rescheduled to today at 6pm, which puts us roughly 21 hours behind schedule. We were both good sports about it, and thank God we were on West Coast time, because it was almost 2 am by the time we got to the hotel. The hotel has been nice--I hand-washed all my clothes and dried them via hair-dryer and iron, and the only thing missing from my life currently is a toothbrush and some deodorant (but that's what multiple showers a day are for, right?)

After breakfast I took a walk while Amy caught up on sleep, and got to see the Twin Cities. It was quite lovely, walking over the Mississippi and seeing the University of Minnesota. Plus I made it to the Weisman Art Museum, which had awesome architecture and free admission, not to mention a Warhol and couple of O'Keefes. The only down side was the 100% humidity that made it feel like I was swimming laps instead of walking, and the 27 cents starbucks charged me for a cup of water.

Keep your fingers crossed that we get to London tomorrow morning!