The cruise was over on Monday and we'd made what seemed like a good decision at the time to stay an extra day in Amsterdam afterwards. All we wanted was to get home but lesson learned for next time.
We had to be out of our cabins by 8:00 so after an early breakfast, we put our luggage out and went up to the lounge to wait until our 10:00 transfer to the airport. Our airport hotel ended up being a 15 minute uber ride from the terminal we were dropped off at. Considering that, we were not up for going back into Amsterdam. Luckily the Amsterdam Forest was right by the hotel so we headed over there for the day. It was Easter Monday so a holiday and there were lots of people and families enjoying the weather. We got lost getting back to the hotel so got many, many steps in before we found our way back. We ate sandwiches we'd made on the ship and watched some TV. We were both done and just wanted to get home.
We ate breakfast at the hotel and took the shuttle to the airport. Only when we were ready to board did we see that we were not sitting together, probably because we booked our tickets separately so United didn't know we were traveling together. I sat next to a lovely woman from Chicago and we talked on and off for the whole flight on everything from politics to what we buy at Trader Joe's. I watched The Housemaid, which was very good. The chatting helped pass the time and our layover wasn't long in Chicago so it was a good day of flying. Darla picked me up and took me right home. We checked out the basement work and the dirt piles then she left. I let the cats out and started unpacking. I had to deal with the 3 litter boxes in the shower before I could take a shower and get to bed. It felt great to be in my own bed freshly showered and in and clean nightie with my cats all around me.
I'd been up almost 24 hours by the time I went to bed but still woke up at 3:30 and couldn't fall back asleep so got up at 5:00. I had taken some frozen milk out of the freezer so thoroughly enjoyed mini wheats and coffee for breakfast then started doing laundry. My contractor came and mentioned that they didn't have access to my backyard from the alley but I told him I was fine with cutting down some of the forsythia. He left and I got busy with the loppers. When that was done, so was I. I spent the afternoon cleaning up my 2 email accounts and waiting for bedtime.
There was a talk at the lake about mussels and crayfish on Thursday morning. Not the most interesting topic but the donut was yummy. I left for Lincoln afterwards to do some food shopping and take Darla to lunch to thank her for the airport taxi service. I started on my catch up to do list when I got home. I stayed up later and slept later on Friday so was pretty much over the jet lag.
It was a good thing I wasn't up super early because I had to do a fasting blood draw Friday morning for my welcome to medicare physcial. I was at the lab at 7:30, went home for breakfast and was back for my appointment at 8:40. My lab results were the best I've had in years, which I credit all the walking and healthy food on the cruise for my LDL being normal. Yay! I stopped at the courthouse on the way home to pay my house taxes and fill out a poll worker form. When I got home, Chris was there to finish the last inside work - reattaching the electricals and removing the beams that he'd put up for the jacks that supported the house. I made more progress on my list and cooked tuna casserole and broccoli for supper. Normal food but not as healthy as I'd eaten on vacation.
I had a low key weekend with lots of chatting on the phone, knitting, streaming adn doing a few more things from my to do list. I enjoyed doing some cooking and just being home. No matter how good vacation is, and this one was fabulous, it's always good to be home. Back to reality is a good thing. Now to get the basement project finished. Here's a pic of one of the dirt piles and the tarped trench on the east side. Hopefully it'll be done soon.
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