Well, last week I bought the plane ticket. I'm on Southwest Airlines flight 315 from Midway to Lindbergh, leaving Chicago at 7:35 PM and arriving in San Diego at 10:00 PM. This is going to be different than usual; normally I take daytime flights to and from the West Coast. But you have no idea how it will be to come in and see the spires of San Diego lit up.
Note that I said "ticket." I won't be returning by air. I will be departing El Cajon on the 13th or 14th by car and arriving in Chicago on the 19th or 20th. I'm budgeting in a week for the trip across; I'll be approximately following Old Route 66 from my grandmother's house, but stopping in various places to tour, photograph, and visit family.
UPDATE: Stupid me forgot to mention when I'm going... I leave April 6.