I'm Coming Home! :)

5 August 2012

Today, we got to go to church in Edinburgh. That was a really cool ward. I liked them a lot. They actually had a young single adult class for Sunday School, which I didn’t expect to find over here. It was nice because it made me feel a little bit like I was back in my singles ward (but only a little bit…no one can compare to my ward!).

After church, we started driving to Glasgow. On the way, we stopped at Loch Lomond. We mostly just stopped since it’s one of the most famous lochs. It was cool, but I thought that Loch Ness was prettier. But maybe that’s just me.

Loch Lomond

After we got to Glasgow and checked into our hotel, Molly and I decided to try to find the property where Pollok Castle used to be (it was built by my ancestors). But it was harder than we thought it would be. We never did find it, which was a little disappointing. But then again, the only thing that’s left is part of a wall, and I did get to walk through the same area as my ancestors, so that’s got to count for something. Oh, and I found Pollokshaws Road, so that was pretty great!

When we got back to the hotel, we decided that we should probably start organizing our bags for our flight tomorrow. But instead, I Skyped my sister and brother-in-law. And then I got to Skype my five-day-old nephew, Matthew! He didn’t say much, but he is adorable. It was so cool to be able to see him moving around. I can’t wait to see him for real!

Later, Molly came to my room, and we ended up talking for a few hours, which was awesome. And we decided to just pull an all-nighter since we had to leave for the airport at 4:30 in the morning. When it got to be around 1:00, we were afraid that if we fell asleep, we wouldn’t wake back up! Also, if we stayed up all night, we would be able to sleep on our ten-hour flight and adjust better to Utah time. I did fall asleep for fifteen minutes and Molly fell asleep for twenty, but that was all. The rest of the time, we made sure to stay awake.

6 August 2012

At 4:30 this morning, we said goodbye to one of our directors and then loaded onto the bus and headed to the airport. It was sad to say goodbye to so many of the people in my group, including the director. We had done and learned so much together, and it’s weird to think about not seeing them every day.

Anyway, I got onto my first flight with no problems. That was a short flight because we were just going to London. When we got there, we ran into some new missionaries on their way to the Provo MTC, so that was fun to talk to them for a little while.

My next flight was the ten-hour one. It was SO long! But the thing is, I could NOT fall asleep to save my life. I was ridiculously tired (remember how I pulled an all-nighter?), but that didn’t matter. Luckily, I had a personal tv, so instead of sleeping, I watched The Hunger Games, The Avengers, The Lucky One, and an episode of Friends. That’s a lot of television, but I didn’t know what else to do.

When I finally got to Dallas, I had to go through customs. That wasn’t too bad, just annoying. But then I got to my gate, pulled out my cell phone, and called my mom. It was a little weird using a phone again, but it wasn’t too hard to adjust. ;)

While I was waiting for my last flight, the gate changed three times. That was really irritating. And then we left two hours later than we were supposed to! So instead of getting to Salt Lake at 8:45 PM, I got there at 10:45 PM. Not so fun. And the whole flight, I was just super antsy. I was sick of being on a plane, and I just wanted to be home already.

Finally, we got to the airport and I walked to the baggage claim, where almost my ENTIRE family was waiting for me. It was awesome! The only ones who weren’t there were my sister who just had a baby and her husband (and their baby, obviously). It was so great to see them all. My oldest nephew seemed a little confused at first (probably because I was wearing a hat), but he warmed up pretty quickly.

By the time I got home, it was about midnight, and I had been awake for almost exactly 48 hours since I had slept. So I went to bed. In my own room. :)