Coming Home

Gia had leave at four am on Monday morning and since I was on my own getting to the airport, I wanted to make sure I left enough time for mistakes. I woke up at 6:30 [that's 12:30 am your time] and took a taxi to the plaza. Then I got on the airport bus. That process was super quick and I ended up getting to the airport three hours early. I did kill some time by attempting to pay to check my bags in cash in order to use up some of my Euros. Here begins a series of unfortunate mistakes. First, there was a delay on my flight and it left one hour and forty five minutes late. Second, the Barcelona airport must be a little tricky because both times I have gone through security at the wrong time. Coming to Spain, we accidently walked out of security during our layover. This time I went through security and then through passport control. The problem was when you go through passport control you can only get to the international gates and you can't get back down to airport shopping. So without going to airport shopping, I sat in the international gates of the Barcelona airport for about four hours. I did meet some people from New Jersey and some people from Spain.
The flight itself was money. All of the seats had on demand tv so I picked out two movies and two episodes of the office. They gave us lunch twice, I guess because we went back in time.
Our plane was a little late landing in Newark. I had to go through customs and collect my luggage. I almost missed my layover. I was running though the airport and I had to go through security again, where there was a line. After security I ran to my gate. They had boarded and there was no more line but I was not too late. For the exciting ending twist, my plane from Newark to Atlanta arrived thirty minutes early. Mom and Val were waiting for me though, and hugged my crying.
After getting five hours of sleep on Sunday, I stayed up for 24 hours straight on Monday: from 6:30 am Spain time, to midnight your time. Nevertheless I was so happy when I arrived home and Kendall, Bryan, Duell, Laura Beth and Kaitlyn came out into the driveway to meet me. It is so good to feel loved after being away for four months. Jacob, Kristen, Travis, Sam, and Perry also came over. They all listened to my stories and looked at my pictures.
Since I've been home, I have missed the Spanish food. I tried to make some of Isabel's recipes but they are not exactly the same. The thing I appreciated most about Spain was the walkability. It was so convenient to be able to run for stamps or tomatoes by going five minutes and three blocks over. I woke up at 7 am every morning for the first four days.

What do I love most about America?
All of the people.