I'm home!

After 24 hours of traveling (via a train, the Paris Metro, a bus & 2 flights), I'm home. I arrived in Washington DC first where I had to go through customs before catching my next flight. There is something about walking through US customs that makes me a little sentimental and when the customs official said "Welcome home!" I almost got a little teary eyed. Then I got stopped by the drug dog.

The cute little beagle was glued to my suitcase like a magnet. "Hey there lil' fella!" I wanted to say, but the guy attached to him was all business. "Are you carrying any food?" Oops... I forgot to declare the 20 pounds of cat food I was hauling back (loooong story, but funny). "Do you have a cat with you?", Uhhh... No. "No cat but you have cat food? That's a first!" I now had to explain to him my long story and wait in an even longer line to have someone rifle through my stuff. Good times!

But, I was now on my way to SF, cat food & all. After arriving, I stood at the luggage carousel and watched two flights of baggage come and go, but only one of my bags made it. Super. It turned out that my bag was simply delayed and would be arriving in an hour and a half... at least it wasn't lost.

Finally, finally I'm home. It’s good to be back. I'm excited because tomorrow I fly to Vegas for my dear friend's wedding (M & G), then I'm heading up to Lake Trinity for our annual house boat trip. When we return I have a week to relax before our other friend's wedding (D & C) just before heading back over the Atlantic. There really is no place like home and I'm looking forward to every minute of my two weeks here!