Thank you again and for sharing some of the history. So unless my flight schedule gets totally messed up, exiting and reentering the secure area should not be a problem.

And thank you for the reminder for not going straight unless I intend to exit. I think I did this the other time I connected through MCI while not intending (I saw a bathroom, was jetlaged from a flight from Australia, and in general, just all screwed up). It is something I will definitely keep in mind.