Hello, Real Life.. Nice to See You Again

I had a wonderful break from my normal life for TEN WHOLE DAYS. Yesterday, I began to get back into my normal routine. Which, oddly enough, seems to have changed a bit while I was on a break from it. LOL.

Germany was FREEZING. It snowed almost the whole time that I was there. When it wasn't snowing, it was the worst kind of cold EVER. The kind that makes you feel like the skin on your face is going to crack and fall off of your bones. I despise being cold. Literally DESPISE it. I would rather deal with triple-digit temperatures than below-freezing ones. But I had fun, regardless. I love seeing my best friend and I miss that she doesn't live righthere anymore. But I'm getting used to it now. Periodically, I catch myself looking at the clock and figuring out what time it is where she is and imagining what she's doing. :) I wonder if she does the same thing...

I'm so glad to be back. Even though I know that I probably won't see Angela again until June (at the earliest), California is still my home. I, honestly, can't imagine anywhere else feeling this much like home. Then again, nowhere else ever has been home for me. So I suppose that's a normal feeling..? Landing at LAX almost brought me to tears. I didn't miss home so much the last time I went there. I think I had a harder time this time because of my travel companion. I was sooo tired of that person by the end of the trip. The last leg of our trip home (DFW to LAX) was delayed taking off because the pilot and co-pilot had already maxed out their flying hours, so we had to wait for a new crew to get to the plane. I almost cried then, too. I'm usually not this emotional. Gah, I don't know what was wrong with me.

Now, I'm back at work. It took me all day yesterday to go through my email and fix the problems that had occurred during my absence. It was nice that there weren't very many this time around. I feel better about requesting my next vacation trip because of that. :) I have a good group of people working for me.. finally.