2010 September 18 » Hubman's Hangout

Between the time I left home for San Antonio on July 8th and returned on Sept 17th…

71 Days away
11 Beds slept in
4100+ Miles of driving
20 States
5 new partners
8 exams taken
10 presentations given
3 nights with Veronica
621 miles pedaled on my bike
0 lbs lost (grr….)
1 Course completed
1 surprise trip to NY
2 round trips to Dallas-Ft Worth
12 blogger/Twitter friend meetings
25 blogging/Twitter friends met
2 exotic dancers, who are also prostitutes, propositioned me

I could probably come up with more, but you get the idea, it was quite the summer! If you missed it, here is my post about the welcome home I got last night from the kids.

Now I’m home, and this is the end of posts about my road trip. Time to look forward and not back anymore….

As I pulled into our driveway around 7:45 Friday evening, I saw a light on in DB’s room and his head silhouetted in the window. Looking towards the living room, I saw PP perched on the ledge of the bay window, waiting for my arrival home. An hour earlier I had spoken with Veronica and told her when I expected to arrive home- who knows how long the kids spent looking out the windows and waiting for me!

Walking in the front door, seeing the looks on all of their faces and feeling the intensity of the hugs from all of them literally brought tears to my eyes. Obviously I missed my family, I didn’t quite realize how much until we were together again.

The kids even made welcome home signs!

Picture staged after my return!

Veronica and I of course had our own reunion once the kids were asleep. I had briefly thought about bringing the camera into the bedroom, but decided I’d rather concentrate on re-connecting, literally, with her rather than taking pictures for you. I hope you’ll forgive me, I’ll try to make it up to you this weekend