Sunday, April 3, 2016

Back home again

After lunch Friday I returned to my sister's house so I'd be closer to the airport for my flight home the next day.  It was a little hard to tell Dad goodbye.  He is scheduled for surgery this week.  My sister, her husband and I went out to supper so I could have a breaded pork tenderloin sandwich, something I have each time I visit the Midwest.  They just don't seem to be available out here!  Upon returning to their home Cyn and I looked through the pictures and papers I had brought from Dad's.  What memories they provided us.  We studied report cards from grade school--no, not ours, but Mom's and Dad's.  In those days a student's height and weight were recorded each marking period.  Can you imagine doing that today?

We talked quite a while before going to bed.  The next morning I got up and ate breakfast, chatted a bit with my sister then left for the airport.  The flight was delayed about 35 minutes, but since I had a two hour layover in Las Vegas, that wasn't an issue.  What wonderful views of the snow-capped Rockies!  And the red lands of Utah and Nevada with canyons and layered rocks were beautiful in their own way.  It did seem like a very long flight, though, after all the two-hour trips to Phoenix last year.

I arrived on time in Oakland, and Randy picked me up promptly.  I was thankful to sleep in my own bed last night.

Today we Facetimed with e and E.  That little girl is so smart!  She may not talk much yet but she certainly understands a lot.  I'm ready to go see her again!

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