The Arrival

WOW! I has been quite some time since my last blog entry. If I recall, I stopped right after arriving in Hawaii. In short- I arrived in the US that Friday in April at precisely noon. When Ali and I arrived in the airport, I was not surprised in the least to be told by the airline people that my luggage was lost. Yes folks, lost. We were then informed that the bags were shipped directly to Atlanta instead of the flight that we took to Minesota. Either ways after hanging out for several hours around the airport (because I refused to leave without my bags) I finally arrived at my mother's shop to greet her. Remember folks: I had just been sick for almost 3 weeks straight, lost about 10 pounds during that time, and had HUGE purple undereye circles. The point is that I did NOT look good or at the very least decent.

When my mother saw me for the first time she and I both burst out crying. She had been so stressed over everything that she was finally relieved to have Ali and I home. That was a very very long day though. I was very tired and still sickly. I wanted nothing more than to crawl into a warm bed in a dark room and sleep for several days but I also wanted to be with my mother. So Ali and I chose to stay with mom that day. Of course we slept for almost two days after that.