It seems like I've used that title before, sorry if I am repeating myself here. Very shortly after I landed, ahead of schedule, Justin collected me from the airport. It was a bit chilly (yet, the last time I stood outside when it was 29 above zero!) and drizzly. The difference between this return and the previous one, besides almost 30 degrees, was that my coat was tucked away in the luggage. Even with all the cheese and my coat, I had still a half pound of wiggle room at the ticket counter scale!
Justin and I went to Longhorn on the airport frontage road for dinner. I told him I had Longhorn for lunch too, eating at the very first (and possibly only) airport Longhorn, in ATL. There I just had side dish of their Smokehouse Mac 'n Cheese, eating about 3/4 of it. There was two hours and 20 minutes between flights and was only a few gates down from where I got off the MKE flight. No worries, though, can always have room for a steak and baked potato. Yes, half of each came home with me!
He had much to talk about at dinner and on the ride home, and I let him. It was just so good to see him again! Their work schedules keep getting messed up due to rain and added assignments to their regular sites. Justin and Ray were looking forward to getting back to work full-time and now it's biting them in the butt! It also seems he is becoming somewhat of a mentor to his young co-worker and hopeful these efforts are accepted by Ray. Funny how my young son is a mentor to an even younger man...Love it!
While I was gone, Justin was using my car for his daily driving. When we got back home, he had to transfer a mess of stuff into his car, and carried up several 12 packs of Diet Coke, still in there from our big shopping day at Target. We have over half of that bounty left, which is because I was gone and he was working. Makes a big difference!
I got the luggage and my computer upstairs, plus my to-go box and the mail, glad to see my house again. Justin had the scented warmer going so the house didn't smell too much like boy (a little "Jack and the Beanstalk" humor there). Once the cheese was stowed in the fridge, I trundled off to my room to get comfortable, while Justin put my suitcase on the bench so I can empty it someday. I stink at unpacking once I get home!
One thing I must say is, for the most part, I slept very comfortably at Mom's. Prior to my arrival at her home, Amazon delivered a wonderful memory foam mattress pad to use on the day bed and it made a huge difference. As I told Justin, the first morning I was a bit stiff, but that may have been the after effects of my trampsing through the airports, more walking than I usually do. After that first morning, I was just fine. If and when Mom moves, one of my sisters can have the pad (only $30!) or Linda can use it. Ahhhh.....
For sleeping when there, I covered only with a crocheted afghan which I think Lynn made. Usually quite comfortable temperature-wise in the bed. The reason for this might be that the baseboard heater in the living room backs up to this bedroom, right 'under' the bed, as it were, and might provide sufficient heat for me. While normally a cold person, that afghan is sufficient for me.
My own bed welcomed me, and though the hour was still early, I got settled in for the night. Justin was exhausted after working all day, driving to the airport and back, and then dinner. He told me that he coaxed Ray along on the jobs all day, reminding him "I have to pick my mom up from the airport!" Even though I am a very good waiter, I appreciate his efforts to get me collected and home again. That is it now for trips, barring anything unforseen, until late July. I hope they finally get summer by the time I get back up there!
