Home at Last!

Well boys and girls! It was an adventurous trip, but I am finally home! I arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare on Friday, only to find out my plane had been delayed until 10pm. No problem, though...that would still get me into O'Hare at 7am, with two hours to spare until exams. Then came the announcement: They were cancelling our flight until 7am tomorrow. They would give us hotel vouchers, but that mean going to a hotel, and then dealing with 2+ hours of checking in and security again. I chose to have the mother of all cramming/study sessions in the airport ALL NIGHT LONG!

That got old quickly. Thankfully, I got to watch the German soccer league championship game, a quick Maria Sharapova win at the French open, and some of the following match. I did get some studying in, but 14 hours non-stop was going to be a little much.

We finally took off at about 10:30am on Saturday, 14 hours late. Keep in mind that we were now flying in broad daylight, too, which made sleeping almost impossible. One cool thing was that we could see the Amazon as we flew over it, which took 4 hours!!! It takes 4 hours to fly from Key West, FL to Chicago, and we were flying over the jungle that entire time. Pretty amazing!

After landing in Chicago, I finally picked up my bags and jumped in a rental car to speed my way home. It was wonderful to be home. I wasn't scared for my life on the highway, my yard was nice and green - and no graffiti! It was also wonderful to see my wife.

So now it's back to the real world. I'm actually sitting at work right now, waiting until Lord-only-knows to get called into a meeting. Thanks again for reading the blog and emailing and commenting. It was great to keep in touch while I was gone. Take care and we'll talk soon!