Back From My Vacation!!

My Holiday Is Over!!

It's back to work tomorrow!!

The plane landed ontime ~ 7:45pm ~ we were on a "remote" location where
we had to take a shuttle back to the main terminal ~ I lost track of time at
this point ... I really needed to use the bathroom and tried to speed my way
to customs & immigration & the baggage claim area ... finally found the
CRs by the immigration desks.

The immigrations line went by fast ... the attendant just asked me how long
was my trip ... "18 days, wish it was longer" ... now it was time to grab a
cart and find a "slot/position" by baggage claim ... no such luck ... the
whole area was surrounded by people and their carts. We were all waiting
for what seemed like 10-15 minutes until luggages actually started to come
down the conveyer (whatever they call those thingys) ... The 1st Class/
Business/connecting passengers got their luggages first ... then came the
"Fiesta" Class ...probably another 10 minutes later!

I thought I was going to wait forever .... but in 5 minutes time ... I saw
ZIGGY!! I knew putting the stickers would help ... the problem was getting
through the crowd of people hovering over the area. I thought I would be
smart and try to "follow" ZIGGY until I find an "open" area ... didnt happen
... I was back where I started. So I had to maneuver my cart and ask people
to move, I actually tapped an attendant and pointed to my luggage and said
"thats mine" ~ BUT HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING!! So I had squeeze my way
in and some guy helped me get ZIGGY & the box.

With my hand carry / Ziggy / and the box on my cart ... it was time to pass
customs .... I really hoped that I didnt have to open my luggage ... the line
was really short and when the attendant asked what I had in the box and
luggage ... I simply told the truth ... "my dirty laundry" ... he smiled ... I
smiled ... now time to get to the exit.

If anyone has flown into LAX you know that there would be a crowd of
people who were friends and family waiting/looking for passengers .... I
couldnt find my brother anywhere so I headed to the pay phones to call
him ... three rings later he picked up his cell phone.

Roz: Hey, I'm here.
Rommel: Where are you at?
Roz: I'm at the pay phones.
Rommel: You're at the pay phones? We're at the pay phones.
Roz: You are!?!?! Where?

I looked over at the other side of the row of pay phones and saw my brother
and my sister-in-law sitting down ... Little Man Nate was with them too!! At
this point I yelled over the phone "how funny is this"!!

So we went over to the car and it was about 8:45pm ... not bad ... just an
hour of baggage and immigration. So we talked about the wedding, etc.
Rommel took the wrong exit (I really need to know how to get to my place,
but I dont drive) so he had to drive a little more until we were back on track
on the 405. On the way back to the apartment, I was praying that everything
would still be there, and that nothing "bad" had happened.

It was just about half an hour drive and we got to the apartment ...
everything was still in place!!! BUT HECKA HOT!! Rommel asked to
turn on the AC ... which I didnt have ... and he thought I was crazy not
to have one ... just a small fan. Too warm for the two of them. I opened
up the box & Ziggy to give them the Pasulobongs (sic) from the Philippines.
Nate was walking everywhere ... he's soo big already ... and so adorable!

By the time they left it was already 10:00pm ... I was soo tired to really do
anything. I called Gloria since I saw her number on my caller ID ... there
were 60 msgs on my answering machine ... but really no "real" msgs ...
She said that she called earlier but my voice box was full. Mike was
working with her and they welcomed me back home. They wanted to know
all about the vacation and I told them that I hope I could wake up tomorrow.
We all said goodnight ... but really ... I was feeling all jet lagged and dizzy
but couldnt sleep so I decided to call my sister Rowena to tell her about
the things I brought back for her. A friend of hers also got married on
July 9th so were were both talking about the weddings.

Rommel came home about 10:30pm and he decided to call mom just so
she knew I arrived safely ... mom was happy and were were on the phone
until 11pm ... really need to sleep ... I really dont know how long my clothes
are going to stay in Ziggy.

Oh ... and when I checked my mail box ... IT WAS BEYOND STUFFED!!