Reflections of my trip here:
I was reminded of a few things on the trip here:
* I have a strong faith and again I "see" that if you let God in, He will be there.
* I am married to such a wonderful man. Even though he didn't feel good last night, he put me first and did just what I needed to get me on that plane. Thank you for always believing in me, supporting me, loving me and letting me be who I am. I have so much to learn from you.
*The community we live in, never stops amazing me. A couple of our teachers also work at the airport. Last night, our PE teacher, who is one of them, he knew that I was flying last night and harassed me all day at school. He didn't really have any idea of my fear. Well, last night he was working and he boarded my flight to see how I was. I had just left Bob, not looking back of course, that's my mo, it's the only way I can do it. Look forward, complete the task at hand and don't look back. How do you think that I made it to Alaska? Anyway, poor guy, I had my head down, trying to talk myself into being calm and stop the tears, I didn't even know that he had sat down next to me. He asked me how I was doing and to my credit, I tried to stop crying and I looked over "fine". That poor guy, you could see that he wasn't sure what to do. But I laughed and tried to talk about something else, like how rediculious my crying is. But it agian reminded me of how caring the people are in our community are. They look out for you, even when they barely know you.
So anyway, that's what I've done, I've gone from Juneau back to the Midwest and how I do love the Midwest, there is just something about it. I left Juneau last night at 8 pm Alaska Time and arrived in Milwaukee at 8 am Central Time. It was terrifing, I won't lie, I hate to fly and know that God and Bob, got me on that plane and here. There was lots of praying involved. My flights were smooth and on time or early, so if I wasn't so scared, I'd say it was a good trip, but I do still have to fly back.
Cousin Josh meet me right outside security and we were off. It was cool to have that bit of time with him. I mean he is the groom and has lots to do, but I got about an hour to catch up with him and I feel pretty lucky. He had lots to do with Michelle, so it worked out perfect, he dropped me off at his place, I got to shower and nap, both of which I needed. By the time I woke up, I only had about an hour before Uncle Phil and Aunt Mary arrived.
Uncle Phil had to go and get his tux, so we went to the mall before we came to the hotel. I must say, he looked pretty handsome in his tux and a Coastal baseball cap. The mall was pretty nice, I think that I could have walked around for hours, all the smells and lights, it was pretty. Anyway we didn't stay too long and then came to the hotel. We are right downtown Milwaukee, just across the street from The Lake (for those of you who don't know, that's Lake Michigan. It's beautiful. We hung out a bit and then Aunt Mary and Uncle Phil went to dinner with Josh and Michelle.
So I am feeling like a big girl right now. I am sitting in the hotel bar, Aura, it is a lounge and the bar is actually acrylic with bubbles in it. I will get a picture before we leave here. I have had Ahi Tuna for dinner and cheese cake for dessert. It's been fun to sit here and listen to music, real music!
Well, it seems that this has been a bunch of babbling. Aunt Mary, Josh, Michelle and Uncle Phil are back. Tata for now. MJ
PS The time posted is in Alaska Time Zone, add three hours.
