Florida recovery

Well, I have skipped a couple of days since we left Fort Lauderdale on Friday afternoon. The taxi picked us up at about 3:50 p.m. after having difficulty finding the address. The driver took us to the airport and we had plenty of time to check in. You cannot check in more than 3 hours ahead of your flight departure and we got to the front of the line at exactly 4:30 - the plane scheduled to leave at 7:30. Even at that we were to later find that our flight from Atlanta to Vegas had us in the same seat, different rows. Not good! We were able to get some food and visit with Allen and Loni for a few minutes before they boarded their plane to leave at 6:10. We then waited for a short time and were able to board our flight before seven. The flight to Atlanta was uneventful, but the trip from Atlanta to Vegas was full of boisterous, loud people that seemed to be anticipating a stay in Vegas to party and drink and gamble. We didn't get much sleep and then finally landed in Vegas with a gain of three hours at midnight. Not wanting to take a taxi to a hotel and back for only a few hours of sleep, we opted to stay at the airport until 7:00 a.m. when the shuttle would pick us up and take us home. I'll say that the Vegas airport is not a quiet place in the middle of the night. They have a blaring video going all night advertising the shows currently on the strip. How many times did we hear it repeat? We talked, I did a sudoku, read, walked around and finally we went out to find the shuttle at about 6:20. It was there waiting and we got in and sat until the other passengers came. The last a young girl who had to have a smoke before she could leave. Our friends, Don and Lorna Suggs, met us at the Howard Johnson's and took us home. We did get to Harmon's to buy a few needed groceries, but the afternoon was mostly spent sleeping. We got up and showered at about 5:00 and went to our Stake Conference meeting. Boy, did that bed feel good - nothing like your own bed and especially when you haven't really slept for a couple of days. Today we are still trying to get our bods to adjust, however, we did get on the move this morning and Jerry went to the Stake Priesthood Leadership meeting at 7:30 and we went to the meeting at 10:00. This afternoon has been good for napping, and eating, and checking email, and lazing around. Hopefully, tomorrow will see us closer to normal as we have much to do to catch up on things. Our house and yard were found safe and sound. The Harmers did a great job of mowing the lawn, etc.