Return to the Mission Field

It was the kids first day back at school after Christmas/Winter break.  Tal was up early for seminary then the others started getting up and going.  I have actually been up and awake before everyone since I arrived.  This is not usual for me.  Must be those missionary hours I’ve been working on keeping.

Jeanne and I took the opportunity to run some errands and do a little shopping.  We really didn’t find anything.  Oh, I did buy some pajamas like hers from ShopKo.  She kept saying how comfortable and warm they were.

Packer was the only one who wanted to go to the airport with Jeanne and I.  Micah said he didn’t want to cry (surprisingly, I didn’t cry).  My flights to and from North Platte were extremely small, less than 10 people.  This time I didn’t meet any really social people.  I was surprised that we had two dogs on our Frontier flight to Salt Lake.  One was a poodle (rather older) that the owner held in her lap.  The other was a shepherd puppy in a travel case.  Maybe she put the case on the floor; I wasn’t close to that one to see what she did with dog.  When I first got on the plane, the puppy came strolling down the aisle.  The flight attendant retrieved the puppy and returned it to the owner with instructions to keep the puppy with her.

As this day progressed I was thinking I didn’t want to drive back to Logan after being up over 12 hours.  Jeanne arranged for me to spend the night at Devany’s and I emailed Sister Bews so she could arrange a ride to work on Tuesday.  I had already said I wouldn’t be going in on Tuesday because I would be getting in to Logan late.  So glad I did that.