LSNED: lost somewhere.....

Hello my blog friends! It's been a while.... I know, I know. I am such a bad, baaaaad blogger! It feels like it's been ages and now I am at a loss. Can someone show me the way to where I left off please? I guess to cut it short, I should say that I am learning my lesson at the earlier stage of this post and that is to not let the times pass you by with no posting at all!

It's been a hectic week for me since those fall pics on the last weekend. I had been scrapping bits and pieces for my book but somehow the inspiration wasn't there 100%. So many destruction and deadlines to finish at work and now, I missed out. I missed the full week of LSNED which I intended not to. I was determined to do my weekly post of pics for the book and that didn't happen and it will never happen till maybe around the end of the first weekend of October if I am lucky.

Things that stopped me would be the typical excuses of not having the proper photos that I wanted to include in my posting. But the main reason was my decision to take this week long trip to Miami to assist my cousin with her baby Ayah and of course spend some time with her after ten years of not having seen her. Not to mention the mixed emotions I was having in between and the hassle of having to go through a lot at work with deadlines and personal stuff.... Things I should have written down that would have been worth learning from each day of the week but I'd prefer to forget because I wasn't really that much interested on taking the lessons with me for a long haul. In short, I'd rather remember the good things I learned that would make me happy and content when I go back and look at my book. Anyways, I am not making any sense to you so I stop my blabbing here.

Ok, you may ask how is it in Miami and my trip? I'd say it's hot all the way! I found that the 4 hours trip to Chicago was the most boring of all trips I've had in my life.  Could be because I was already missing my honey. All I could think of was to go back home and be with him. I may have left him for a month at the earlier stage of our relationship but this one week long is the hardest after living with him for three years. I just felt so homesick as soon as I went to check in to the Immigration yesterday. I am hoping that he'd be ok and well when I come back home next Saturday. The transfer to Arrival and Departure area  at O'Hare Airport was the longest walk I made of all. That was a huge one and aside from making it long before the check-in, the only consolation of that trip was to take a few good photos of the airport. The 2nd trip to Miami was not bad at all since our Captain was very conversant and had a really good sense of humour. He made sure he kept us up to date including the highest altitude we had to fly due to the clouds. The clouds and the lights, the cool air  and smaller space, the short haul and pleasant stewardess make a good flight for me. 

As soon as we hit the tarmac, I couldn't wait to be there with my cousin. It was scary as I walked the empty space. I wonder and for a while I was asking where's everybody? I couldn't help but think of the nasty Immigration officers looking through all my stuff(including undies), and asking so many inappropriate questions. Before I knew it, I found that downstairs or upstairs (where I was hitting the end of the hallway on my own), as long as you don't have a checked in baggage, you can go out to any of those doors and miss that scary part. No sooner than that, a tall good built Mediterranean guy was asking if it's me. I get so alarmed with strangers and I didn't feel safe until I found that he's the right brother in law who was to pick me up!

20 minutes of fast driving in his convertible and we were there: Doral, Miami! And there I finally joined my cous and baby Ayah. Twas a long night of chit-chats. Next up, I will be posting some pics for you to see the place I've been and if I get lucky, maybe some pics of this very beautiful baby I've ever held in my arms. 

PS, Lesson I learned from this trip: #1, when traveling, always make sure you take all the gadgets you need for your cameras and videocams. I just found out that this MAC computer doesn't have  a slot for my memory card to unload my pics. It's a great tool for photos, but I might think twice if and when I should switch into one.
Lesson #2,  bring a laptop. I switched all my gadgets off on the plane and it's a prohibition to turn them on except for a laptop. I saw this guy firing away with his fingers the whole flight and I felt so jealous the whole time! Also, it's good entertainment, at least for a sad soul like me....