søndag 28. februar 2010

Home cold sweet home

Da er hjemme. Og har æøå! ÆØÅ!
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I'm home. And I have æøå! ÆØÅ! So much easier to write Norwegian now!

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Turen gikk veldig bra, fikk en times tidligere fly ut fra Phoenix og bra var det, for i Chicago gikk ting treigt! Men kom meg på flyet og fikk bytta i Stockholm og på Gardermoen venta snille pappa og kjørte meg og bagasjen hele veien hjem.

Fikk skravla litt på turen og fikk sjekka post og what's new når jeg kom hjem, og så ga jeg inn for en liten lur. Senga mi assa, ingenting slår den! Var mildt sagt omtåka da pappa kom og vekte meg, men godt var det!

Men fikk en ikke så gøy overraskelse i bilen på vei hjem. Ettersom mobildekninga har vært så som så i Phoenix fikk jeg først høre at bestefar var dårlig torsdag ettermiddag, fikk en oppdatering til fredag morgen Phoenix tid men med tidsforskjellen og flyturene ble kommunikasjon vanskelig, og bestefar gikk bort natt til fredag. Pappa visste ikke at jeg ikke visste, og begravelsen er alt nå på fredag. Tante og onkel er på langtur til Tenerife og kusine er i Australia/New Zealand, var jo bra jeg var på vei hjem alt men håper resten av familien kommer seg hjem.

Ikke den beste velkomstgaven til Norge akurat.

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The trip went very well, got an hour earlier flight out of Phoenix, and that was good ecause in Chicago things moved slowly! But made it on the plane and switch in Stockholm and at Gardermoen my dad was waiting to take me and my luggage home, which was very nice.

Got talking a bit on the way home and checked the mail and what was new when I got home, and then I had to give in for a little nap. My bed, I tell you, nothing can really beat that! I was to put it mildly very disoriented when my dad came and woke me up, but it sure was nice with a nap!

But then I got a not so nice surprise in the car on the way home. Since my cell phone coverage was pretty bad in Phoenix when I first got news that my grandpa was not doing good Thursday afternoon, got an update Friday morning Phoenix time but with the time difference and my flights communication was a bit difficult, and my grandpa passed away Friday night. My dad didn't know that I didn't know, and the funeral is this Friday. My aunt and uncle is on a long holiday to Tenerife and my cousin is in Australia/New Zealand, so it was good that I was on my way home but home the rest of the family can make it home.

Not the best welcome back present exactly.

2 kommentarer:

  1. glad to hear you made it home safely. i know JUST what you mean with the desire to sleep in one's own bed. it's the best after a trip!

    not so glad to hear about your grandfather's passing away. = ( the sad side of the circle of life. he's in a better place now.

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  2. hehe yeah, my bed is THE best bed in the entire world. and even more so when you're dead tired and all muscle-sore after a long boring trip :)

    yeah you're right. too bad it's so hard to think about it as a positive thing :(

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