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 Another trip post! Almost done! We were out the door early on Tuesday to take me to the airport! I stupidly booked a flight home that had TWO plane changes so three planes total. It was kind of nice though to break up the flight so it wasn't super long.

First I went from Connecticut to Maryland.  

I had about an hour and a half so I went to the bathroom and then got an iced coffee and pecan cinnamon roll from Cinnabon. OMG. So bad I bet that was a million calories and a ton of sugar. 

and then I flew to Chicago where I got this disgusting NOT "Chinese food". Don't go there. Yuck. I threw a bunch of it away.

Can you see the rainbow? I saw the full thing when we were in the air.

and then it was the longest flight to San Francisco with not one but TWO crying babies that took turns crying the entire flight. I couldn't even drown it out enough with my ear buds in. 

They finally both stopped crying about 10 minutes before we landed. Sheesh. That was the worst.

I brought a book with me on the trip, one of my mom's old Reader's Digest books that sat on the bookcases for my whole life. I think originally they belonged to one of my mom's Grandma's, probably Grandma Billy (genetically her aunt but her grandpa married his wife's sister after the wife died). One day when I went over there she had them by the front door to donate. I took about 5 books for nostalgia thinking I'd read them then maybe donate them myself. I finally read about 1/2 of one on my trip. 

The first story was called Lost! and it was so good. Apparently it's a true story. from Goodreads:

In July 1973, Bob Tininenko; his wife, Linda; and his brother in-law, Jim Fisher, set sail from Tacoma, Washington, on a thirty-one-foot trimaran down the West Coast to Costa Rica. The journey was expected to take a matter of weeks, but ten days into the cruise, the party encountered a freak storm off the coast of northern California. When gale-force winds and fifty-foot waves capsized their boat, the voyage became a nightmare.
 
For seventy-two days, the trio was lost at sea. Challenged by nature and compromised by a bitter rivalry, their courage and will to live was put to the ultimate test. Jim, the owner and skipper of the boat, was a devout fundamentalist whose recognition of God’s will in every event brought him into increasing conflict with his brother-in-law. As the two men battled to take control of a dire situation, Linda kept a secret that would lead to heartrending tragedy.

Newspaper Article

The other story I read was Baker's Hawk. I think I read part of the 3rd story but that was probably mostly screaming child time so that doesn't stick in my head lol. 

From Goodreads 

An excellent young adult novel about a young teenage boy, a hawk, a hermit, and a nineteenth century town teeming the vigilante justice and hate. It was made into a film starring Clint Walker and Burl Ives.

I just saw they made it into a movie so maybe I'll have to look for it. 

I was so happy to get off the plane when it landed. Then I was starting to worry my suit case wasn't going to show up but it finally got spit out. Scott was already there waiting so I just had to wait for him to come around and find me. I hopped in the car and told him I was really thirsty. About 45 minutes later he finally got off the freeway on the one exit with nothing to drink lol. We finally found a McD's. He ordered a meal and I got a drink and of course we had to pull around and wait. Like what for? 

The animals and I were so happy to see each other when I got home. Nothing like some furry snuggling haha. I miss my little buddies when I'm gone!

Wednesday I worked from home and then after work I finished sewing the quilt I was working on for Daniel's birthday party.

Thursday I went to work in the office and worked on sending a ton of certified letters out. Each letter cost almost $10. We have to send one to each application that didn't get funded telling them that it is deferred. Seems like a huge waste of government money right? Apparently if they acknowledge that they didn't get funded and are ok with being rolled to the new year we don't have to send them a letter so I'm going to push for everyone to get called next year. That would save a ton of money and work!

After work I cut the seams on the quilt and put it in the wash.  I used the new scissors I bought and man that was a work out on my hand!