Home again ...

I've been home now for about two days, arriving in Grand Rapids at 12:30 a.m. Monday morning. While I was waiting for my flight out of El Paso, I noticed a AA worker talking about how they had "overbooked this flight again!" and that she would need two people to voluntarily be "bumped" to the next flight. I jumped at the chance when I heard her offer a very nice travel voucher, plus two meal tickets as well.

I took a taxi home from the airport. It was pitch dark when I got back to my little house, but it was SO good to see it again!

While I was waiting at the Dallas/Forth Worth airport, my phone completely died (the white screen of death evidently). So I am presently without a phone. I did go to the AT & T phone store today and got everything straightened out. Since there was no physical damage to my phone, and it was still under warranty, they are completely replacing it. The downside to all of this, is that they are snail-mailing the replacement to me. I most likely will not receive it until Monday. So if you are trying to reach me, please use my e-mail address or Facebook.

 It was super hot in El Paso ~ some days it was 105 degrees. I have come home to extreme heat as well, but a completely different kind. I don't mind the heat, though (good thing) because I love everything that goes along with it ~ the abundant green grass (hardly anything is GREEN in El Paso), gorgeous flowers and trees, the fragrance in the air ... I love summertime! Missing all of you in El Paso. Looking forward to Jesse and Diana posting more pictures of baby Kaitlynn over on Facebook ...