Geoff didn't realize how apparently cheeky he was in requesting both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off as the new guy in the practice. Even so, they gave it to him...exactly.
In order to get back in time for him to work on the 26th, we had to fly back on the red eye at 9:45 PM on Christmas Day, a voyage wrought with near-missed planes, the deicing of a frozen toilet, a seat that didn't recline, the torture of the movie The Santa Clause III: The Escape Clause, and sickly and ginormous neighbors spilling their germs and their bodies into our seats. Just as we had laid eyes on the North Carolina landscape and known it without any sense of surprise to be home, we slipped back to Pentuckett Avenue in the dead of the night murmuring "there's no place like home."
We really enjoyed spending time with our parents, meeting our newest niece Wesli, playing with her big sister Rylee, and hanging out with our friends. Only, it flew by too fast. We packed to change locations six separate times. There were people we didn't get to see. We only got one full day with our adorable nieces. But at least we got to go home for Christmas.
Next year, Geoff isn't likely to be so cheeky...or so lucky.
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Great to see that you were able to get back home to WS and Statesville this week.
Travelling such a distance with so much to do in such a short time is exhausting. I know how nice it is to return home at the end of such trips: )
Have a great New Years!
Sorry I missed you when you were here! Can I get your address in SD? It's not posted on the blog anymore. I hope we can trek out there relatively soon! Kristina
Good to hear from you Joe! Sorry we didn't get to see you. Let us know if you'll be in our area!
Thanks for writing, Kristina! So, yeah, our contact info isn't on the site anymore since I made it public. I'm paranoid about "the outside people". I'd email it to you right now, but gmail has been hung up all afternoon. I'll get it to you soon!
Kristina - your Christmas card was super cute. Finn is adorable.
Isabel
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