In five hours I'll be speaking to the assistant dean of admissions at the University of Iowa School of Law.

That is, if the Regional Jet sitting outside the window ever finishes its preflight. Originally, a 0955 departure; now, 1030.

I've got no bags checked and two hours to make a twenty-minute drive, if worst comes to worst.

If there were a train that could get me within a hundred miles of Iowa City in less than eight hours, I would have taken it.