It has been an interesting, but wonderful weekend, and I have to admit that I am a bit sad to be back in SC...although, I hesitate to say that because I love my friends here and miss them when I am gone...but homesickness is the word of the month. I had a blast with my friends Brina, Susie, and her hubby Jim. Why interesting, you ask? Well, let me tell you a few things about the weekend....first off, my flight from SC left late...which gave me a grand total of 10 minutes to get from gate B22 to gate B7 in O'Hare airport...well...you know how when you are playing a sport and you get hurt but you make the play, so its worth it? Yeah, well, that happened to me. Here I was with this other guy running through the halls of O'Hare when he tells me in a huff to keep going and let them know he'd be there...so here I am running with a 30 pound pack on my back when all of a sudden I feel my ankle give out and down I go...now, I roll my ankles quite often...but the moment I got up and tried to run, I realized that this was more than just a little roll. It is a pretty nasty sprain that has made my ankle about twice it's size and some pretty colors since...but the beauty of it all? I made the flight. :) Barely. After that it was a lot of sweet time hanging out with my friends and catching up, eating well (Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream over a couple chick flicks while I iced my ankle was quite lovely)...and hanging out. It was a fun weekend. Oh, another lesson I learned this weeekend...when you have to pee and you are on a plane...go BEFORE the final descent of the airplane, because they REALLY will not let you go at that time!! Oh, and one final thing...this was sort of poetic justice...I saw snow for the first time in two years today...where? O'Hare Airport...the place where I went to leave America for 2 years. :) God is good...got us all home safely, even after freezing rain last night and an early morning and snow today. He's just good and that's all there is to it!