Well these last two weeks have all sort of blended together. Two weeks ago we got the news that my grandfather had lost his fight with cancer. After receiving the news there was no question as to whether or not I wanted to attend the funeral. The question that needed to be answered was whether or not I would be able to get time off from work since I was technically still in my 90 day introductory period. Thankfully, I was in my last week and my boss made the exception. The only disappointing part was that I had to go alone. We couldn't afford for both Ross So the next step was finding a flight out and making sure I had transportation. Thankfully I was able to fly from Santa Ana into Denver early last Wednesday and hitch a ride with my parents. We stopped in Deadwood, SD and spent the night there and continued our journey north to my uncle's ranch in Cooperstown, ND. After enjoying a night on the ranch, it was time to continue north to St Thomas, ND, just south of Canada. The ceremony was very nice and it was great to spend time catching up with family.
My flight back home was Sunday evening and I was scheduled to land in LA around 9:15pm. I ended up sitting in the airport in Grand Forks, ND for a few hours before I could go through security and wait to board the plane to Minneapolis where I would take a connecting flight to LA. Well just as I was getting ready to board the first plane, I received a text message that my flight to LA was cancelled. Once I got to Minneapolis, it took over 3 hours to get a flight rebooked that would get me home early Monday morning. My original rebooked flight wasn't scheduled to leave until sometime Tuesday. So after running around the airport for over 3 hours, I finally made to the hotel a little after 11:00pm. I only got a few hours of sleep because I had to be checked out of the room and waiting in the lobby by 4:50am to get back to the airport so I could get checked in for my 7:15am flight home. Thankfully all that went well and I flew home in first class with free breakfast. It was nice to see Ross waiting for me at the airport and to come home to a very clean and spotless house! But I didn't get to enjoy it long because I had to go to work in less than an hour of arriving home. After 5 1/2 hours of work I was back home and ready to sleep in my own bed and try and catch up on lost sleep. And with work being busy, needless to say this week has been a long and hectic week and I am very ready for the weekend.
This coming Tues, Aug 3, will be one year that we have been living in California. On that date last year we pulled into the parking lot of our apartment and started to unpack and settle into our new home. And on Thurs, Aug 5, Ross and I will be celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary! To celebrate we are going to Las Vegas the following weekend where we will meet my parents and celebrate my dad's birthday as well. Once we get back from Vegas, Ross' mom will be coming to visit for a few days, and then it's back to school for Ross at the end of the month. This next month is going to be a busy one but also a fun and relaxing one....hopefully.
I'll try and post some pictures from the ranch and North Dakota but it might take me some time because all my pictures were taken on my cell phone and I'm still trying to figure out how to post them.
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