Home at last

Sorry for the delay in posting this - I know many of you have been waiting for this with great anticipation.

Right.

Anyway, the trip home was good. Beijing's airport is not well marked and is laid out kinda funny, so it took us a while to get checked in. While at it, thoug, we spotted a Kenny Rogers Roaster, if you can believe it. Had to eat there to get a dose of mac and cheese and mashed potatoes!

Had a rough flight at the beginning just north of Beijing. It was also unique to me to travel in daylight both coming and going. Got great views of the Artic ice cap. Lots of it, that's for sure.

Landing in Chicago was a very welcome experience. Cranky federal employees had never sounded so good.

FAA had had some problems, though, so I was delayed 2 hours in departing. So, in my desire to get reacclimated as soon as possible, I had a Vienna Beef Chicago Hot Dog, chips and a Diet Coke. Not a Coke Light, mind you.

That hot dog had peppers, mustard, celery salt - I held the onion - and some relish that was a decidedly unnatural shade of mint green. Yummy. Should have taken a picture.

Flight home was good - it brought me home.

The little girls cried when they saw their daddy, Kim was a bit misty too and I got a little verklempt too.

So, I don't know if I'll continue this blog or not. Not really sure what I'd write about. Or, to be honest, what I'd write about that wouldn't get me in trouble.