For east coasties, I awoke at 3 a.m. and got ready to leave. I finished adding things to my suitcase. I had some coffee.
Then, my mom and I picked up my aunt and we embarked on a journey to Columbia SC using the backroads and byways of the ridge area of SC. We left at just before 4 a.m. We got to the airport at 5:05 a.m. I checked in and discovered a lengthy, lengthy line awaiting security check-in. I joined the line and we chatted along the way until it was my turn to go past the point of no return.
I flew to Cincinnait in another winged bus. But my trip to California was on a much nicer, but not huge, Delta liner. I was served a nice breakfast and then got to watch "Cinderella Man" which is a most excellent film with powerful performances by Russell Crowe and Renee Zellwegger.
I arrived in SF at 10:10 a.m. PST (1:10 p.m. EST) and boarded a shuttle with several other passengers. I arrived home Noon to find the homeowner's association had changed the entry lock and code!!!!
I was so PISSED. I cursed and stomped and finally got someone's attention. I was let in and discovered, to my joy, that the garage opener code had not also been changed.
I am unpacked and ready to unwind.
I'm sleepy, sleepy, sleepy!
All in all...there's no place like home!