I'm safely back home

I have safely arrived back in the beautiful state of Hawaii. There were no hitches during this trip, and I was very tired by the time my 8 hour flight from Minneapolis to Honolulu rolled around, and I managed to get about 4 hours of sleep on the plane.

I found that this time was much harder to leave Wisconsin than the last time I had to leave. I had a lot of time on the plane to contemplate why this might be, and I determined that last time I was very preoccupied with the cats coming home, and Hawaii and Matt and I were still fairly new. That newness has since worn a bit, and now my family and friends back home are becoming that "new factor" again. I am not saying that I enjoy seeing Matt any less, just that it was certainly harder to leave. I cried for a bit when we finally arrived home, partially out of exhaustion but also because I miss you all back home a lot more than you realize.