Portland

I got very little sleep last night.  I had breakfast with coffee and Ibuprofen (because I'm sick).  I'm worried that my ears will be very painful during take-off/landing, because I have congestion.

I am in the Portland Maine airport.
-I was allowed to check in two luggages, so I'm bringing it (49lb and 38lb).
-On my person (carry-on), I have a backpack: travel pillow, laptop (movies), iPod, food, thermos, cellphone.  It's has weight, but it's compact.  So far, I enjoy traveling "lightly", without a large carry-on.
-I'm pretty comfortable wearing pajama pants, an exercise shirt, and socks with sandals.  It's allowed fashion-wise, because the socks and sandals are both black.  Everything I'm wearing is black; I kind of feel like college-version of 007.
-I'll probably sleep on this flight.
-I'm not looking forward to the 5 hour layover in Chicago.  I don't like to wait when nothing is happening (it's fine to wait while traveling in a vehicle); it feels purposeless.
-There are some people here.  It feels like it's about to get busier in the airport here.
-Another flight (Washington-Dulles) is boarding at my gate now; I'm on the next flight.
-I have an air-travel concept (that would benefit me).  Instead of paying by person, you go in weight increments.  So, if the limit is 250lb: a 100lb person could have 150lb of stuff, or a 200lb person would have 50lb of stuff.  This would benefit people with less weight.  Overall, it's not a practical idea.

(I think that these times are local times of the destination.)
Depart from Portland to Chicago - 5:52AM.
Arrive in Chicago - 7:36AM
Depart from Chicago - 12:53PM
Arrive in Narita - 3:30PM
Depart from Narita - 6:10PM
Arrive in Taipei - 8:45PM