I’m here.
I’ve actually been on east coast terra firma since a little before 7:00 PM EST. But, I am now at home. *sigh* It’s been a long day.

  • Too little sleep this morning because I was folding laundry and packing while chatting with and Maddox about items that we were finding on PRison Pen Pals; some of the were… “interesting,” to say the least.
  • Got up and got ready to catch my flight.
  • Attempted (and failed) to properly send the holiday card that I had made. I didn’t get the inkling that it would fail until after I was on the plane. I have since rectified the problem and re-emailed it.
  • Got to the airport. I was going to do curbside check-in, but there was a line; I went inside… and walked directly to the ticketing agent. Then went to the security checkpoint. No problem. At first. While the screening agent was checking my backpack, she found the scissors that I keep in my pencil case. The scissors that I had meant to leave at home. I wound up having to mail them to myself. ::: boggle ::: Made it to the gate and on to the plane without further ado.
  • Arrived in Phoenix and walked from one end of the airport to the other to make my connecting flight. Boarded the flight, found my seat, (was tormented with bad Christmas music on the video screens), and had a man who apparently BATHED in cologne sit in the aisle seat on my row. *sniff* *twitch* I stopped smelling it (more or less) about half an hour later. I read. I slept. I listened to Order of the Phoenix on mp3. I played GameBoy.
  • Arrived at Raleigh-Durham International. Got my bags. Looked around for my mother… who was waiting at the opposite end of the terminal.
  • Drove to Greensboro. Assisted Mom in some last minute shopping. Ate dinner… which was really breakfast, since all I had eaten was two (2) bags of peanuts on the plane.
  • Came home. Discovered that my uncle’s travel plans (from NY to here) were emblazoned with a huge “clusterfuck” stamp. So… I made new arrangements for him. And, I managed to do so at a better price than he had been given.

And so, here I sit in central North Carolina, for the first time in nearly three years. But, I think that I am finally starting to wind down to the point where I might be able to sleep in a little bit. Of course, my body is still keyed to Mountain Standard Time, so this might just be wishful thinking.
And, before I forget: If any NC-area LJers want to get together for coffee or something this week/weekend, drop me a line.

Namaste.