I am in New York City at Kennedy Airport. My flight left Dublin at 10:00 Dublin time and arrived at 11:30 New York time. My how time flies when you travel.
I came down to the reception of my hotel 15 minutes early and my cab driver was already there so got an early start to the airport.
He was a delightful Irish man that kept me laughing all the way to the airport. He told me he was divorced but his ex was a good lady and a great housekeeper. She kept the house when they divorced!
He shared that the difference between the Scottish and Irish men is Scottish men wear skirts and the Irish wear pants.
He showed me the Irish humor that I was expecting to see on this trip. He kept throwing things at me and kept me laughing all the way to the airport.
Things have changed since I have traveled internationally before Covid. I cleared customs and immigration in Dublin so when I arrived in NYC I just had to walk to my gate that will take me to KC. If I had known that before, I would have taken the earlier afternoon flight. They wouldn’t let me change flights as I had checked my carry-on bag. Dang it anyways!
I managed to sleep for a short nap on the flight from Dublin. Hoping I can take another nap on the flight to KC so I can drive home tonight. If I am completely wiped out I will spend the night at Nicole’s and then drive home in the morning.
The mechanic I had Tagen’s pickup towed to called me just after I landed in NYC. The transmission on the pickup is blown and it would cost way too much to have it replaced so the mechanic is going to contact his contact and have them come haul the pickup off to have it scrapped. Dang it anyways. Tagen is disappointed that he won’t get more money for the truck. He will get a couple hundred from the scrap guy but he sure wanted to sell it and get more than that. I have to take the title to the truck to the mechanic tomorrow and get the tag off the pickup.
Michelle’s house is still scheduled to close next Monday. The rental house I have will be available for her to move into this weekend. She plans to buy the house from me so will get that paperwork started tomorrow. Hopefully we will get that house closed sometime next week.
I need to call the insurance adjuster and find out where the money is for the replacement doors and windows. He had told me I would have those funds two weeks ago.
It will take me the rest of the week to get all the way home. The jet lag thing will be real and I have a six hour time change to adjust to. Feels like I have lots to do the next couple of days too so will need to find some brain cells to help me get through all of it.
What an experience I had though. So grateful I got to cross off going to England and Ireland off my bucket list. I need to revise my 70 things to do before I turn 70 list to 80 things to do before I turn 80. Dreams do come true when you are clear on what you want.
Grateful for a safe trip across the pond, grateful Nicole is meeting me at the airport in KC when I get there, and grateful for my fun taxi driver this morning.