- Unbelievably nice weather with many days over 40. It made me try to forget horrible Iowa winters of the past.
- A really nice Christmas with my family. That's not a given in my family so it was a nice surprise.
- Ten days of seeing friends for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some days it was two lunches. I was on course for gaining 20 pounds on this trip until...
- A nasty cold took me out with a week left in the trip. I cancelled on several friends and just felt miserable. For a couple of days I had lost my voice to the point of not being able to talk on the phone.
- I proudly caucused for Santorum; anything to promote crazy in a party that doesn't need much help.
I'm now in the O'hare business class lounge - although, unfortunately, I didn't get the bump up to business class. The free beer and chips before the flight will have to make up for it.
You can track the flight here:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ETD150/history/20120105/0155Z/KORD/OMAA
If all goes well I'll be back in my apartment in 18 hours. OK... that just depressed me. Yeesh, sometimes I wonder why I chose to live so far away.
Oh, that's right, it was better than selling AFLAC.
"anything to promote crazy in a party that doesn't need much help." I love this line! Well said my friend. Ha ha ha! Welcome back to Al-Ain.
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