Home, at last.

It is good to be home. We arrived back in Pittsburgh last night at almost 21:00. Our flight left a little late from Cincinnati due to some congestion there. One would think that, since the place is an international hub for Delta and they have a lot of connecting flights, maybe scheduling six flights that all leave from the same area of the terminal–five of which that use the same departing runway (36)–within ten minutes of each other would be a bad idea. Well, apparently that didn’t occur to anyone there, so we had to wait in line behind five other planes. Oh well. It really wasn’t a big deal–it just isn’t a lot of fun to be crammed into those tiny puddle-jumper seats while sitting on the tarmac waiting to get on the runway for any longer than is absolutely necessary.

We stopped at Fatheads on the way home for some ‘merkin food. Then we got home, got our suitcases lugged upstairs, and collapsed into bed.

Today is a work day for us. I bought some cheese and bread for lunches and breakfasts here over the weekend and into next week. By daylight, the yard is a mess–I think I’m going to end up spending all day tomorrow getting things back in shape. The grass needs to be mowed, flower beds weeded and trimmed, bushes trimmed, ornamentals pruned, etc. Our shelter in the back yard blew over in the storm while we were gone, too. We knew that wasn’t going to make it another year, so it isn’t all that tragic. We just have to clean up the disorderly array of cloth and metal that is lying in a heap in the back yard. heh.

jonathan