Sunday, October 21, 2012

We roasted pumpkins. Because it's fall.


It was good to be home.

Just arrived back in Arizona after a two week return to New Jersey. 

Some highlights (in no particular order):

1. My family and friends
2. The day I subbed. Haha.
3. Bagels
4. Porkroll
5. Pizza
6. Charcoal grill
7. Yeungling
8. I do, in fact, like stout
9. Picking up hours at the store
10. Moe’s Burritos at Mccarren Airport
11. Watching the Gangnam Style video with Colleen
12. Sitting with Colleen while she graded
13. Brewing pumpkin beer
14. Colleen’s pumpkin lasagna
15. Football with Jayden
16. Golf with Dad, Smithbauer and Morgen
17. Falling asleep in Colleen’s office…under her desk
18. Sitting in on her classes. I learned things!
19. Trees with fall foliage
20. Football at Abby’s
21. Delicious Orchards with Colleen and Jay
22. Delicious Orchards Apple Cider. Wow
23. Driving the Jeep.
24. Finding marathons of bad television shows with Colleen
25. Harold’s
26. A cheesesteak in the airport
27.   Jayden's picture of a fall tree
28.   Pumpkin Ice Cream

Friday was rough. Headed out to the airport early to hang with Katy for a bit, and about 1/3 of the way there realized I’d left my keys at home. So there was an added hour.  Colleen dropped me with Katy and headed off, and Katy and I hung out with her roommates for a bit before heading to the airport. My flight had already been delayed an hour. It took almost an hour to get to the airport because of traffic, but I was able to sit in Chickie & Pete’s for a bit and have a cheesesteak and a Yeungling. Or two. Then we boarded, and sat on the tarmac for an hour, then decided we didn’t have enough fuel, and sat for another hour. I got to my car a little after 2 am yesterday morning, slept a few hours, and got back into life as I know it. It was  a long, long day. I hate flying. I’m basically anxious the entire time, and I really don’t like not having control of the situation. And sitting. And sitting and sitting and sitting hoping to take off. 

4 weeks until I’m home again.