). They said that was the only way to seat us all together. 
Kinda irks me as I thought we should have had similar seats ( ie NOT in the middle section). Anyway , supposedly boarding will begin in 30 min....cross your fingers!
All I can say is I can't WAIT to sleep in my own bed with my own pillow tonight!!!
Well. We made it home. Finally. But OY what a day!! Boarding was a total mess & then we sat on the plane at the gate until Noon. The flight was 8 hours. We landed at Dulles at exactly the same time as the freak earthquake in Virginia!!! It was a rough landing but at least we got on the ground before they initiated the ground stop they started while they inspected the runways!! Otherwise we'd have been circling for 2 more hours I suppose! As we came into the terminal from the plane they were making announcements to remain calm & that everything was fine & they were doing everything to ensure our safety blah, blah, blah. It was a weird scene. It took 2 hours to get thru Customs & get our luggage then another 2 hours to get home because the entire DC area shut down & evacuated after the earthquake so traffic was a NIGHTMARE. We headed northwest from the airport & waited on a car ferry out in Leesburg to cross back into Maryland. There was no way we wanted to head for the Beltway!! We were relieved to get home & find the house stood up pretty well to the earthquake. There were a couple of wine glasses that had fallen over in the wall unit and a picture & candlestick had fallen off the mantle & some of the stuff that had been on the frig. with magnets had fallen & a stack of old mail was in the floor too. Nothing too major. The cats seemed spooked (or else pissed that we'd left them for so long) but they've warmed up to us again now.
Maybe we'll see some of you on a future cruise - you never know 
cooking for yourself!!
) & started trying to unpack & do laundry. 
. What a time consuming chore! 
Then I started trying to go thru our pictures. I took about 1,700. I had thought maybe 2,000. I had a free photo book on Shutterfly good thru today but am not going to make the deadline since we got home a day late. I am deleting as I go but not as many as I thought I would.
They are such silly creatures!! WHEW!! I woke up during the night worrying about him starting high school without knowing where he was going. The school sent out info. while we were gone on vaca (nothing like waiting for the last minute huh?). There is a parent meeting tomorrow evening. Sooo I will have to get him up early as the bus will come around 6:35-6:40. I am just glad he will get a look at the school, meet his teachers & get his schedule so Monday won't be as bad of a shock. I am about ready for bed now tho. I slept BETTER last night than I did most nights on vaca but I still woke up a few times. I suppose it's just jet lag. I hope?!OK, raise your hands if you're like me & hate going back to the reality of unpacking, doing up dirty laundry and
That sounds good! I hope he enjoys it and settles in quickly. He's a very nice kid indeed!Found out that DS DOES have a 1/2 day of Freshman Orientation tomorrow.
Jeff - our DD is planning to email your DD when we get home as I think they want to exchange photos - just so you can let her know we haven't forgotten
Jon
Probably got it from someone at the airport or on the airplane. Just glad it waited until we got home but I'm trying to stay away from DH & DS. I don't want DS to start school on Monday sick. Hope all the other kiddos that started back already had a good start.
