Bring luggage to school. Attend class as normal and report to 8th hour. We will leave during class.
2pm – Depart for airport. Students will ride with teachers that have volunteered to drive to the airport.
Thanks to Mrs. Downing and Mr. Rivera for driving us!!! It was a riot to see the truancy van zooming ahead of the other car....
Picture: Back row - David, Fernando, Jose Juan, Mr. Jackson, Vince
Front row: Me (Ms. Konwinski), Teresa, Carmen, Ileana
4:50pm – Depart Denver on Southwest flight Depart at 4:50 PM - Arrive in CHICAGO at 8:10 PM
Can you believe that a couple students have never flown before?!?! How EXCITING FOR THEM!! I made sure to grab a couple of 'wings' for them in honor of their first flight! Here's a short video of Jose Juan, excited about being on the plane!
From Midway, travel to hotel: Marriott Fairfield Inn 216 E Ontario St Chicago, IL
Arrive at hotel – approx travel time is 1 hour and a half
This was a complete false assumption. It took is way longer to get our luggage, get train tickets, get to the hotel, and check in. It was 2+ hours before we were ready to function in Chicago without our luggage. 
First task: Dinner.
According to the guy manning the desk at the hotel, the Lux restaurant, just up the way, was 'cheap' and open late = 11pm. It was about 10:30 as we ventured out for food and the 45 min wait at the Lux + the $12 - $15 per plate meals made us change our plan and head for something else. Mr. Jackson, luckily had his phone attached to his hip (cause where else would it be?!?) and found us the nearest Chili's he could find!
My favorite quote of the night stems from the conversation at the end of the meal. Mr. Jackson got the table chips and salsa and after our meal, there was still some chips left. Jose Juan, to my left, thought that since there were some chips left, that we should get them wrapped up to go. Some time went by and he never asked, so I reminded him that he wanted the chips to go. The next time the server came back, he asked if he could get the rest of the chips and salsa to go. As soon as the waitress left the table, the other kids started asking/teasing Jose Juan about asking for the chips and Mr. Jackson turns to JJ and says
'Jose Juan, what are you doing?'
'I'm getting the chips and salsa to go! I thought since you paid for them, we should at least take the rest home'
'But they are bottom-less chips and salsa. They'll keep bringing them out!'
Luckily, those chips and salsa came in handy for snack time over the weekend. :)
*Dinner will be determined as we travel. There will be options for food at the airport, bringing food in your carry-on, or we will wait to eat until after we have arrived at the hotel. There are pizza places nearby, as well as other local restaurants.
In rooms by 11pm. -After dinner, we called it a night....unless we had an Xbox in our room...then we stayed up late I think.
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