Home Sweet Home.

I have been home for about a week and I feel like I never left. It's a really weird thing...like Australia was just a dream.

I never really experienced any jet lag which is really lucky! I got to bed and get up at normal times and my eating schedule never was out of wack. Everything is pretty normal here...I did have to adjust to crossing the street...looking the opposite ways of what I had been the past 5 months and then getting used to driving in a car again. But, it is just really nice to be home in my big city exploring all the new stores and restaurants and going back to all my favorite old ones :)

My trip home was pretty uneventful. I got bumped up to Premium Economy which was really nice so I had a bigger seat and more leg room, a bigger TV, better food! I planned to take a bennedryl and sleep the whole way home but I ended up only getting about 2 hours of sleep thanks to watching 10 straight hours of The Good Wife. Good show by the way.

Once I got off the plane in LA I went to collect my bags. A sniffing dog came around and singled out my bag. Why? Because I had brought a banana from the plane just in case I got hungry. Dumb idea. The man asked for my customs cards and wrote banana on it. It turns out I couldn't leave customs and immigration until I claimed by banana. So I had to lift my heavy bags to be xrayed and answer a few questions all because of my banana, which I didnt event get to keep. It was funny at the time though and the security people were joking about it with me.

Once all that was taken care of I headed off to my next terminal to catch my flight from LA to Chicago. I was so excited because my bestest friend who is spending the summer in LA came to the airport to see me! AND SHE BROUGHT SPRINKLES CUPCAKES..nom nom! It was so good to see her :) <3 you lis!

The flight to Chicago was so tedious and drawn out. I did have a window seat so it was nice to look at the views the entire time and I did get about an hour of sleep. After 3 and a half BORING hours I landed and was reunited with my parents :) I got my bags, came home, ate at my favorite pizza place and passed out!

I miss Australia sooo much and I cant wait to go back someday. This was definitely the best 5 months of my life and I will never forget it!

I hope you all enjoyed reading my blog!


Melis