I'm HOME!!!

After a whirlwind six weeks, I'm back in the United States! We left the hotel at 10:30 a.m. Paris time, were delayed for an hour before taking off, spent over 9 hours on the plane (we had to circle around the Atlanta airport several times due to weather), spent another 2 hours going through customs and immigration, and then it took another 1.5 hours to drive back to Athens. By the time I got home at 10:15 at night last night, it was 4:15 a.m. Paris time. Andy said a surprise was waiting for me at home, and I got really excited that it somehow was my 77 pound bundle of joy. Unfortunately, Sammy's still in Cincinnati with my parents and in-laws, but Andy did buy me gorgeous roses. I supose that's a nice surprise too! Because I only slept about 6 hours last night and woke up at 5:15 a.m this morning, I'm a bit tired today. I'm trying to keep myself awake today so that I can get back on my normal schedule as soon as possible. Andy was so proud of me this morning because I started my 5 loads of laundry (no I'm not exaggerating!), uploading pictures and music, and putting away all of my crap.

I had such a wonderful time in Spain (and France) this summer. This trip was everything and more that I expected when I signed up several months ago. I found a renewed love of Spanish, and of course my level is much better now than it was before I left. I also relearned to appreciate being an American and all the things that we take for granted, such as ice, free refills, free water at restaraunts, our education system, TiVo, air conditioning, etc. I also appreciate understanding the language of where I am, whether that be in the USA or in a Spanish-speaking country, because it's really scary being in a foreign country on your own and not understanding anything!

I hope you all enjoyed reading my blog as much as I enjoyed writing it. I also hope you enjoyed looking at my pictures too. I have the daunting task of going through all 500+ of them (they're being uploaded onto Snapfish) and choosing which ones I want to purchase.

My summer is almost over, and I'm going to try to enjoy my next week off (and catch up on my sleep). On Thursday, I'm going to Cincinnati to pick up Sampras (I'm SOOOOOOOOOO excited to see him!!!), and then I'm driving back either Sunday or Monday. I will return to work at The Office of Information Technology next week a few days before classes start (next Thursday), and I certainly hope to that I will enjoy my 2 classes this fall, at least better than I have liked my previous courses.

I'd love to hear/talk to everyone soon. I'd also love to receive emails to hear about your summers!

'Ta Luego!