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Sorry for the long gap between entries.
We began our journey back east on May 22nd. Actually, I
began my journey on May 22nd. I left early by myself to
travel to a meeting in Houston. I arrived in Houston on
the afternoon of the 22nd. My first thought when I walked
off the the plane in Houston and after I was hit in the face by
the typical Houston heat and humidity was, "Wow, do I miss
Alaska!"
The meeting in Houston went pretty well, and
I left for Philly on Friday the 23rd. A little later that
day, Rhonda and the kids left Anchorage for Philly with a
connection in Las Vegas. I got to Philly on Friday night
and met Rhonda and the kids on Saturday morning. I was
afraid that after I had that feeling of missing Alaska when I
landed in Houston, that I might have that same feeling in Philly
too. But, that was not the case. I know this sounds
a little girly, but I actually almost shed a tear a or two when
my plane got into the approach pattern in Philly. There
was no feeling of missing Alaska once I got close to Philly.
OK ..... maybe it sounds a lot girly.
So Rhonda and the kids and I met up on
Saturday morning and headed up to Walt's house. That night
we planned to surprise the Elitz', the Shultz', and the Mikula's
who did not know that we were in town yet. It was really a
fun night ...pretty emotional too.
The next day we went to Rose Marie's house
for a Schmidt family Memorial Day picnic. It was really
great to see everyone.
I spent the next week in Baltimore for a
Bentley conference while Rhonda brought the kids to Faith
Christian Academy so they could visit friends. They were
permitted to attend classes all week since it was the last week
of school for Faith. They had a great time.
We just got back from a weekend camping trip
in Quarryville PA with the Currys, Garbers, Elitz', and the
Erenius'. Really great weekend even though the weather was
awful!
Rhonda saw her mom today for the first time
in five months. It was an emotional reunion and we had a
great time just sitting around for most of the night talking
with her, Uncle Jimmy, Walt, Deb, Judy, and the kids.
It has been a great trip home so far.
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