Day One Hundred and Twenty-Five: home again

The second flight was good to. I got four seats to myself, so plenty of space to stretch out. The in flight entertainment wasn’t as good as the flight out. It wasn’t on demand like the journey out, it kept running in the background and so if you wanted to watch something from the beginning you had to wait for it to start.

So I watched a few TV programmes and then played on the DS while I waited for a film to start. Dinner was a tasty chicken and pasta dish, but I kept the chocolate cake for Kim at the airport as I didn’t really fancy it. I watched ‘He’s not that into you’ and it was actually pretty good. After that I decided to try and get some sleep … I laid across all four chairs and put a blanket over my head … just as I closed my eyes they turned the lights on.

I had a short kip until we were told to put on our seatbelts and then we started our descent. As usual we were hovering above Heathrow for ages … always stuck in a queue there. But the plus side of that was that I had dozed off and missed the landing again, wooop!

It didn’t take me too long to get through customs (I chose a fast queue) and then waited for my luggage. It wasn’t last off which was good, it wasn’t first either though! So I had to wait for that. I had grabbed a trolley and when it came through I just threw my stuff on there and braced myself for seeing mum, Kim and Alex again. The walk through the gates was … daunting. There were loadsa people stood the other side, but directly opposite the door were my crowd … holding a string of toilet paper saying my name …

I was seen off with a pillow case and welcomed home with loo roll … nice, hehe. I gave mum and Kim a huuuge hug and thn Kim started crying, so she used the toilet paper to wipe her eyes. Silly people, crying on my return. Next I gave Alex a big hug and a kiss and held onto him as we all headed for the car. Alex pushed the trolley and mum and Kim were telling me about the journey there (mum actually drove at the speed limit instead of under).

My first day back was strange. I was tired from lack of sleep but awake as I was excited. Mum, Kim and I went to the carvery round the corner for lunch (I do love that place!) and then I had a nap before popping along to Guides. I didn’t stay as I was feeling a little too tired, so I said hello and then went home. We watched Taggart for the evening and then I went to bed … twas a good first day back in all. Night!