It's Officially Over

Hey,

Our vacation is NOW OVER! Booo hoooo hooooo!

We sure enjoyed our 10 days in Colorado with family and just relaxing. We REALLY needed it.

It was fun getting home though - not sure we were gonna make it though! :)

We checked into the airport at 6am on Thursday and the lady at the counter asked us if we wanted 3 free tickets. (That's how many we bought to fly out) What's the catch was my response. Turns out that they were overbooked all day and the plane was going to be too heavy because of all of the 'meat' hunters were taking back with them. So we decided - yeah - why not. Besides, never look a gift horse in the mouth! :)

She booked us on the next flight and we talked arrivals and departure times to make sure we'd get all the way to Knoxville. Then loaded up in the car and headed back to my folks place with mom.

We headed back to the airport with what we thought was plenty of time before departure and found out the plane left 10 minutes before we checked in. I dropped the ball and screwed up the flight time in my head.

The lady was VERY kind about it and worked it out for us to fly back home on Friday. She said it was easier for them because on Thursday they were overbooked and overweight all day and so having extra seats available on the flight we missed helped ease the 'standby' list and weight. Cool!

We went back home - the girls watched a movie, I napped, read a book and helped mom when she needed it making applesauce and enjoyed another day with family!

We got home Friday - late! But we were home! :)

Now we're back and getting caught up on all the junk you usually do after 2 weeks away from home.

Sunday - we had to move some lumber from Tellico Planes (20 minutes from home) to our building site for my In-Laws apartment in Collegedale. We moved an entire home's frame worth of lumber in a day - piece by piece. Boy, am I super sore today!!!

Picked up our mail this morning, an entire shopping bag of mail, junk and catalogues.

Getting caught up at work today. Voice mail, e-mail, a desk piled with junk while I was away. (It was clean when I left! LOL)

Plus all the normal work I have to do daily.

I LOVE vacations, but hate coming back and getting caught up.

It was worth it though. :)