I'm Home!

Rita and Tom Culshaw picked me up at Bonnie's yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m. and took me back to the place they are renting for the evening.  I treated them to dinner out at a local Mexican restuarant and then we went back and visited till around 10 p.m. with the thoughts of getting up at 4 a.m. 10 seemed like a reasonable time to go to bed.  It was actually close to the time I've been in bed for the last 2 weeks, but sleep wasn't about to happen....like the previous two weeks....I laid awake for about 3 hours before falling asleep.  So 4 a.m. came plenty early.  A large "thank you" to Rita and Tom for putting me up!

I got to the airport at 5:05 a.m. and it took nearly an hour just to check my bag.....I had printed my boarding pass last night at Rita's.  Then I had to get through security and onto the plane before it took off at 6:20.  Just made it!!  But no sooner did I get seated but the plane had some problems with a 3rd backup generator....luckily it only delayed our take-off by about 15 minutes.  I had a 50 minute layover in Salt Lake City, and when I departed the plane from Phoenix, I checked to see what gate my next flight was....low and behold it was the gate I just exited....and the same plane!!!  Pretty funny and lucky for me....so I spent my 15 minutes talking to Kathleen. 

The next exciting thing happened as we were about to land.....already over the landing strip and only about 10 feet off the ground....the pilot aborted the landing and stepped on the gas and headed straight up back above the clouds.  We then circled the airport at least twice before going down for a second try....this time landing without any excitement.  Evidently the pilot felt that we were too close to the plane that landed infront of us.  Scary for any reason.  Jimbo then picked me up and took me home. 

I did have to quickly run and pick up a prescription, and then get some groceries, as the cupboard was bare.  but I'm back home now, and have opened my mail and paid some bills and emptied my suitcase....mostly down the laundry shoot.

While coming home from the airport, I had lamented that I was going to drive to Mayo by myself on Wednesday, but while at Cub filling my grocery cart, I got a call from Sandi Moinicken, and she volunteered her husband Larry to drive me.....I warned him that it would be a long boring day....but he still said he would do it.....there is a chatch....Sandi has her granddaughter's letter jackets that need more patches sewed on them....which I will be happy to do....even if Larry didn't drive me to Rochester.  Thanks Sandi and Larry!!

I'll now include the pictures I wanted to show you yesterday.  I was at the local bakery and sitting at a table with 7 other people, and Bonnie and Dave were ready to go, and I could get the first picture to even upload, so I aborted the effert, and turned the computer off....and packed it away for the trip home.

Petroglyph at V bar V

Estebah

Gorgeous Pansies!

Hunting Dance

More petroglyphs

Oh, and I must not forget, got an email from Janet this morning, and Jeannie had another small stroke yesterday.  She was back home after visiting the ER, but I haven't heard how she is doing yet today.  Anyway, please say a few prayers for her and also that Jeannie, Judy and Janet all get home safely in the next week or so.  Also say a few prayers for my neighbor Cherie who had back surgery a few weeks ago, and then had an alergic reaction to the morphin they were giving her.  She is doing better....but is in a nursing home recooperating right now.  Will try and right a little more regularly and earlier in the day, now that I'm home....except for Wednesday, that is!!!....I'm sure it will be later in the morning.  Love and prayers to all of you! m