Thursday, October 19, 2006
I decided to make one more posting to this blog. I made it home safe and sound from Japan after a very long journey. My flight from Tokyo to Chicago was twelve hours long. That is the longest plane ride I've ever had. It was made more bearable by the fact that I upgraded my seat to "Economy Plus." This gave me 5 extra inches of leg room and an aisle seat. It was so worth it. I was much more comfortable. I didn't sleep, though. Everytime I was close to dozing off, something woke me up...I got bumped, a baby was crying, my neighbor had their light on. The list was endless.

From Chicago, I had a connection flight to bring me home. My joy of such a great seat on the first flight was ended when I saw my seat on the second flight. I was in the row behind the exit row and it had less leg room than normal. Ugh! At least I was by the window. I was so tired that I just put my head against the wall and slept for the whole flight. When I woke up, we were landing and I was home.

My family welcomed me home with signs and flowers. It was a great reunion. It feels so good to be home in my own house. As the famous quote goes....there's no place like home.