Journal Entry: "Christmas Exodos"

Family Day and Graduation flew by and soon my wife and I were headed home. HOME. We took separate flights out of Raleigh but arrived home within minutes of each other. My holiday plane-travel luck is still holding strong - nothing lost and no delays!

Seeing my family and friends again was like seeing them for the first time - like coming up for air after a near-drowning. From zero to hero in a days time. It was a delightful reversal of fortune. Needless to say it was the best Christmas EVER! Mostly because I spent almost every hour with the most incredible person I will ever know. It’s one thing for a couple to compliment each other and to get along, but rare is the relationship that inspires you to grow beyond anything you ever though possible for yourself and is strong enough to whether the hardships that often come when one begins a journey such as this. We spent the days doing very little but visiting with friends and taking or dogs on long park trips. It was perfect. We spent New Year’s Eve with our good friends who toasted my safe return and my good luck in what promises to be the most interesting year of my life.