so far

• 21 hours from Edinburgh door to Schaumberg hotel door
• Jet lagging with a cold

things I am already grateful for

• the offer of rye as a toast option at the breakfast buffet
• pickles in my virgin bloody mary with lunch
• a cheerful attitude so eager and nice that you would think it fake if you didn't know better from customer service
• Nice Polish immigrant taxi driver who won a Green Card lottery in his 60s
• cold that hurts your teeth and makes your eyes water
• the immediate and plentiful water on the table as soon as you sit down
• the cute young French bellman who just drove me to Target so I could stock up on cold
• supplies, kleenex with lotion and a few sale tops
• the flat screen TV in my room, where I am going to retire now with my Target goods and my jam jams... only to resurface for my coaching class tomorrow morning

Good night America