What A Week!!! Part One

Last week was a series of adventures.

I escaped the snow in Kansas City on Monday afternoon with only about a one hour delay while they de-iced the plane. When I arrived in Chicago there was no snow in sight. The streets were clean and dry. I flew into Midway and drove to Glenview, which is a suburb on the north part of Chicago. As I arrived in the Glenview area, I saw a Subway, and since I am on the Jared diet, I stopped to buy a sub. Then, a few blocks further, I pulled into a 7-Eleven to buy a six pack of Michelob Ultra. (Not sure if this is actually part of Jared's diet.) I was going to be there three nights which equaled two beers per night at 95 calories per beer.

I bought the beer and put it in the trunk, placing two bottles in the side pocket of my suitcase. the other four would stay cold in the trunk for subsequent nights. I then closed the trunk. I put my hand into the pocket of my coat to retrieve my keys and open the car door. Alas....the keys were not in my pocket. Where might they be?????? HMMMM. I guess they are in the trunk. I am now locked out of the rental car. Not only am I locked out, but I have nothing with me but a coin purse. No phone, no debit or credit cards, no identification, NO NOTHING.

I returned to the 7-eleven and asked to use the phone to call a lock smith. It was about 4:45 PM. I reached a lock smith who said they did not have anyone to send. I would have to wait until after 5 when the emergency line kicked in. About that time I realized I have AAA for just these situations. While I was trying to find a number for AAA, I noticed two fellows entered the 7-Eleven in official law enforcement type clothing. They were there for free coffee and chatted with the people at the cash register, apparently asking about the crazy lady using the phone. They were from the Cook County Shederrif's department. One of them tapped me on the shoulder and said that their co-worker, Bob, would have a key kit and could probably break into my car. I told the nice AAA lady I had the potential to solve my problem and hung up.

The Cook County Sheriff Deputy called Bob. He said he would be glad to retrieve my keys, but had just arrested a fellow and would need to take him back to lock up first. Well, Bob finally arrived and was able to unlock my rental car. I then used the trunk release and retrieved my keys. I was about 10 minutes from the hotel. I checked in and ate my Subway and washed it down with my Michelob Ultra lite.