Jet Lag Recovery

Hi all,
I wanted to post up one more blurb to give our trip a final farewell.
We have been home since Wednesday and it's been kind of like living in a dream. Sleeping in our own bed and being in our own house feels fabulous although the jet lag thing is taking it's toll. Charlie is waking up at 4:15 am ready for the day. It's been slightly tough, but we've been productive in the wee hours of the morning so at least there's that.
We've got some pictures from our last days of travel, which I'll download. They include our makeshift fridge in Middlesex, Charlie's $250 and 45 minute flight of glory from Amsterdam to London...(you'll hear all about that in person be sure...like an eyelash in your eye)...and last look at Charlie's hippie long hair right before I chopped it off...had to. You couldn't see his face).
We had some interesting happenings on our way back:
Charlie had a Japanese fan club on the train to Schiphol Airport. They were very sweet and totally in love with him. So much so, in fact, that they were taking video footage of him and posing for pictures. It was absolutely hilarious.
Never fly Easyjet! They are a ripoff! We ended up having to pay for a seat for Charlie on the return flight to London because he was 5 days over being an "infant", which is what he was when we bought the tickets and flew the first leg of our trip.
We stayed in a hotel in Middlesex where George Orwell used to spend much of his time how cool is that)...although it was a total adventure on the city bus trying to get there. We had four or five people trying to tell us which stop to get off at (including a woman named Chantill), but the bus driver was useless.
If you weren't aware of it the Pound is like 2.25 x the value of the Dollar right now, so we ended up have the most expensive latte EVER in the history of lattes!
Anyway, that's it.
It's great to be home. It's great to be home in the fall and we are looking forward to seeing all of you in time, especially for the holidays.
Lots of love,
Us

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Hallo Folks,

Ahh...well, we are getting ready to come home. We leave tomorrow for London and stay overnight there because we have an early flight on Wednesday.
I think at this point we are all ready to make the trip; ready to be sleeping in our own beds and looking at our own walls.

Both mom and Carlos got extremely sick last night (mom from eating a strange veggie patty thing and Carlos from eating Indian food...among other things). It looks like he might be spending all day in bed.

Charlie is holding up although he's been tired and cranky the past few days. I am STILL sick, but highly functioning, thank gawd.

We had an amazing day yesterday. After the rain and cold on Saturday, Sunday was brilliant. Today we haven't even left the house and it's, uh, at least 1 p.m.
...deep breath...
Yeah, it's definitely time to be at home.

I feel too tired (well rested, but exhausted) to share any of the adventures of the past few days. You'll just have to put up with the stories when we get home.
I may post some more pictures before we leave tomorrow.

It's obviously been a life-changing experience. But as we all know, these things just make you appreciate home that much more...

Maybe even of greater impact though is the realization that you can be anywhere and make your home. That you are adaptable and malleable and that everyone, everywhere is just doing the best they can to live a good life and that's enough.

Love you. See you soon.
xo