Ok, so this vacation thing isn't starting off that great! I was so excited and thought everything as going so smoothly, but something HAD to go wrong. About an hour from Nashville we encountered vehicle trouble. Turns out the catalytic converter went out in our van. So we had my mother come pick us up and she drove us to Nashville. Then she went all the way back home. The van was towed to a shop in Pulaski, TN. We hope it will be fixed by Monday. That will be about an extra $300 we didn't plan to spend! We plan to take a shuttle to the airport in the morning, will be renting a car in Chicago, so no worries there. Getting BACK t Pulaski to get or van will be the hard part. I really don't expect to have the funds to rent another car. So we are going to have to figure something out. I know it will be fine, I hate to ruin the rest o the trip by worrying about it, so I'm really going to try not to. Just wanted to check in here. This keyboard on this hotel PC is pissing me off, I've taken 15 minutes to type this. LMAO! See ya in a few days!