A full day at home, and I still can't believe the trip is over! It was sooooo great to get home after our bus ride from Lambert at midnight or so. I think the last time I looked at my watch in the school parking lot, it was 1:50 a.m. Oy.
My Michele was there at the parking lot to take me home!! She was a sight for sore (bleary? Half-open?) eyes, and after a big hug and a toss of the luggage into her car, we were on our way to my home sweet home. We hauled the bags into the back door, and I opened the kitchen door into a house that was... sweltering. Like the inside of a volcano. Seriously, karma? What did I do to you?? The temp in the house was 86 and climbing, and by the time the repair fella came, it was at about 88. At that point in the night, however, I just showered, opened all my windows to the nighttime breezes, and fell on top of my bed into an exhausted sleep.
In the morning, at about 7:30, when I woke up, I called Webb's and left a message; at 8:02, I called again and the angel of mercy on the other end told me a repairman could come to me at 12:00. What to do in the meantime? Play in my treasures! I unloaded my suitcases (which remained weight-compliant, btw, for the entire trip!), throwing much of it in the laundry and investigating and sorting all my souvenirs. Unwrapping each piece brought back the delight of finding them the first time, and I can't wait to share my treasures with my treasured people. Hope they like them! Cuz there will be no returns.... :-)
Mom and dad came over, bearing Hardees and hugs! We played in the treasures a little; they liked their gifts (I hope) and Mom and I then went on to Carbondale--pics to print! Art to frame! Food to buy! Also, the house was hot--the repairman had come and fixed by issue (he told me what was wrong, but I don't remember what he said he did. We'll just say he made the cool-y thing resume its blow-y business. And it was good.)--so a trip to C'dale gave the house time to recover. The pics I took were many! 1041, to be exact. We stressed out the machine at Wal-Mart and were given marching orders and told to come back in a bit; I'll be going back tonight to pick up the rest of them. Can't wait look at them all! Good, bad, and ugly, I'll organize and sort tomorrow. And then bore anybody willing sit and look with my stories and memories. :-) :-)
Good night, dear friends, and thank you for reading and sharing with me! It's been so much fun blogging! I need a new project to blog....
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