Back in the States!

We have officially landed on US soil! After living Tuesday the 16th twice (due to the time zone change my Tuesday is 45 hours long) and flying for 12 hours (that's 3 movies, 5 hours of sleep, 2 meals, and the most recent Norah Jones CD twice) I am in Los Angeles! Now, in order to get to Philly I just need to survive an 8 hour layover, a 5 hour flight to JFK, another 5 hour layover, a 1 hour flight to Boston, a 1 hour drive to NH and then a 6-8 hour drive (depending on traffic) back to Philly. Fun fun fun.

Once we made it through the hour long customs line and then security into the domestic terminal I found a bathroom to clean up in. And by clean up I mean a "wet ones" shower, a couple biore face scrub cloths and brushed and flossed my teeth. Follow that with some tester perfume from the Body Shop and a skinny capp in a Starbucks Christmas cup and I'm good as new (except my feet which are somehow nasty dirty). Just 20 or so more hours til a real shower (and doing tons and tons of laundry).

I should be used to living in airports by now. And definitely used to not having a proper shower for days after camping, boating, and spending a night on a bench in the Auckland airport (and having a cleaning woman suggest I shower near the McDonalds for only $5) but I just can't wait to be clean and sleep in my bed and see my parents. Home sweet home. And then to Philly for some more of that.