November 30th, 2009

It sure feels good to be home! I had a whirlwind trip.

Avoided going to prison on Saturday morning (I’ll tell you more about that later. Don’t worry I really didn’t do anything), got home in time to pack, stopped at a BBQ at my friend, Irada’s house, hopped on an airplane to Spain at midnight. Elena, my wonderful friend who seems more like a sister, picked me up at the airport after a brief layover in London.

She took me to my favorite restaurant in Madrid where I ate enough for five days. The next morning we were up early and went with Elena and Alban to meet with a member of Madrid Parliament. She even took us in to see the room where the Parliament holds session. Then we spent the evening with friends.

We were up early the next day and I was on my way back home. I had a five hour stop off in London that was very dangerous for my shopping habit. And finally back to Denver.

I jumped in bed for a few hours, woke up and cleaned the house, shopped for groceries, cooked for Thanksgiving and headed back to Denver to pick up my son, James.

On Thursday I celebrated all the things we are so thankful for with my husband, children and parents. After lunch, I crashed……

As usual, Ethiopia seems like a dream that I just woke from. My house seems so big and clean and my bed feels like it could sleep a whole family. My first stop was Target to just look at all the colors and I still can’t believe that all the cars follow the traffic laws and stay in one lane or the other. It’s so nice to drink the water and take a hot shower. And I’m sure a clothes washing machine really was invented by God.

I expect to be in the states until the middle of February. I’d love to hear from you!