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• I’ve been back from Pennsylvania for almost a week.
• The trip was great.
• Going back to work has me really tired for some reason. I almost think that vacations aren’t good.
• Lately, I haven’t really felt like talking to anyone. At least… not initiating any conversations.
• I’ve become a little disillusioned in friendships.
• But I’m okay.

See? That wasn’t so hard.

Well, that’s what they told me yesterday as I got off the plane, anyhow. Yup, I’m in Pennsylvania now! My first flight, all by my lonesome, and I didn’t get scared or lost once. You all should be so proud of me… you just don’t realize it yet.

I got to Will Rodgers (the Oklahoma City airport) to find out right off the bat that my flight to Chicago was already delayed an hour and a half because of storms in Illinois. After I checked in and went to my gate, I asked the woman at the counter if I would be able to make my connecting flight into Philadelphia. She punched some stuff in, brought some stuff up, and then told me that she was just going to go ahead and reroute me through Dallas. She printed me out two more boarding passes and directed me to another gate, which was going to be boarding much, much sooner than the flight to Chicago.

Thirty minute flight to Dallas, and I didn’t really get scared (and I thought I would, too). I had an hour and a half to kill there, so I got something to eat and just generally wasted time. Anyhow, got on a bigger plane to Philadelphia and got there no problem, only about two and a half hours later than I was originally scheduled to.

My one suitcase didn’t come up over at baggage claims, but I had a feeling it wouldn’t, because I was switched at the last moment. I talked to another woman, who then told me that my flight from Chicago had been totally cancelled after all, and that they’d try and deliver my bag today.

So! I’m at Dearma’s house now, wearing yesterday’s jeans and one of her shirts, anxiously awaiting the arrival of like… all of my stuff. But all that to say… I’m here!

Hey! New theme! That was pretty much for the benefit of the, like, three people who are subscribed through a feedreader. I’m proud of myself just for actually finishing the dang thing. It’s not hard… it’s just finding the time to sit down and do it.

Question: If you could name this theme anything at all, what would you name it? I’m planning on tweaking this for public release (different colors, too, I think), but need a better name than “melilyn_clean”… which is what it is now. Blahh, boring! So, what would you call this theme? Besides, of course, late for dinner.

I’m leaving for PA in less than two days, and I’m starting to get excited and scared all at once. Thank you Shawna and Amanda for the plane tips. I feel a bit more prepared already. Of course, I should have been doing laundry and making sure I had everything I needed instead of mucking around with this theme.

On a more serious note (how is it that other people can keep their blogs all one one subject?!), I’m worried about a friend. I won’t say who, because I respect her privacy. She’s made a lifechanging decision, and I’m really really happy for her… but she’s been having some doubts off and on for quite some time and is coming up on the time when she can’t reverse that decision easily if she needs to. I want her to be happy… I hope and pray it all comes through for her.