Navigating Northwestern

Good evening from Illinois!  I am currently in the Chicago area on the Northwestern University Evanston Campus at a week-long management training here at the Kellogg School of Management.  The trip here yesterday was an adventure as bad weather shut down O'Hare for a few hours.  So, my 11:15am flight from Tulsa was delayed until 3:30pm.  I finally arrived at the airport (yay for direct flights) at 5pm (same time as the training opening at Northwestern).  I arrived at campus just in time for dinner!  Yay!!!  The facility is great- nice rooms and great food.  So far my favorite meal has been the vegetarian chili.   Dinner starts at 6:30pm.  So far the course has been really interesting and very educational.  Today's instructor was fantastic.  Today's focus was marketing, and he made a topic that was totally foreign to me (up until today) both interesting and relevant.  A typical day is breakfast at 7am, sessions from 8 - 12:30pm with a break in between, lunch from 12:30pm- 1:15pm, afternoon sessions until 5pm, then a break, dinner at 6:30pm, sessions from 7:30 - 9pm, then a brain meltdown before bed.  Intense, but so far so good.  During my time here before dinner, I ventured outside to check out their running/walking trails along Lake Michigan- great views!  Nice to get some fresh air too.  I walked for ~25 minutes- hope to get in a few runs during my visit as well now that I know the terrain.  Hopefully I'll get a picture of the Chicago skyline if the weather improves (not much visibility today).  I've checked in with Derek a few times.  He and the boys are doing well.  Zach told me I was "lost with Grandpa" since I flew on a plane.  I miss them tons!!!!!