Indiana is cold, too!

Well, here I am.  What a day!  I dropped the girls off at Mom's, then went to WalMart to grab a few things for the trip, and get fuel.  Then I ran to Kevin's work to say "goodbye" and such.  Then, back to the WalMart parking lot to pick up a coworker.

Ron was to be dropped off in Columbus, IN, then our pilot would take Ken and me on to Indianapolis.  We were told "wheels up" at 8:30, so we decided to get to the small airport around 8 and talk Joe into leaving early.  Ron and I arrived at 8:10, and Ken was there, waiting.  No plane.

We waited until 8:30, then Ken got the call.  Our lab owner said that Joe was having trouble getting one of the engines to start.  They folks at the downtown airport had left the plane outside, after being told to put it in.  One engine started, the other would NOT.  He sat in that plane for 40 minutes or so, and finally got it going.  A 10 minute hop got him to the airport where we waited.

We all piled in to the tiny plane, not uncomfortable, just small.  In the two hours it took to get to Columbus, the heat never worked.  We were freezing!  We had our coats and gloves on, and were drinking coffee, yet we shivered with cold.  We laughed about the fact that we should run laps in the plane, or do jumping jacks.  Yeah right.

We landed in Columbus and decided to eat at the place there in the airport.  Good food and VERY reasonable.  We got right back on the plane after eating.  As we had landed, the heat came on and warmed us up for the last 5 minutes, so we hoped that the last leg of our journey would be a warm one.  NOT.

Once we were in the air, we were freezing once again.  Fortunately, it was less than 30 minutes to Indy.  When we landed, Ken climbed back and opened the door and WOW!  I said a bad word in a flash!  It was at LEAST as cold as it was at home, and the wind was gusting to 30 mph.  When we got into the airport, I was literally shaking.  I called Kevin and he asked why I was out of breath.  LOL.

They DID have the rental car warmed up for us.  That was nice.  A short drive found us at the hotel, and we checked in and dropped our bags off in our rooms, then headed to the trade show area to set up our booth.  Our booth is next to the overhead door that they use to bring in the wares of other exhibitors.  BURRRR!  More cold. 

After 2 hours, we were done, and headed to our rooms to do whatever, agreeing to meet in an hour for dinner.  I was still cold.  Couldn't get warm.  Hadn't been warm since I crawled from bed this morning.  We had to wait 5 minutes or so for one of the folks we were eating with, and I sat on the hearth in front of the fireplace in the lobby.  My back got warm, nothing else.

Now, we've had dinner.  I'm alone in my room, listening to music, sitting less than 3' from a heater which has been dialed to 82.  I may turn it down when I go to bed, but I doubt it.  I'm not cold for the first time in 15 hours.  82 is nice.