I was soooooo… anxious to get home I had my bags at the shuttle bus an hour before we were to leave, just as soon as the driver pulled up. The ride was quick, but the security process at Israel was not. I counted six different security stops before I was through to the terminal / gate areas. Whew! I was getting a little nervous, because it seems like they were stopping me for all of the “extra-length” measures along the way — again!

The flight itself was okay. I sat between two very quiet females who went directly to sleep. I caught the rest of the new Sandra Bullock movie (I forget the name of it) of which I saw the first part on the way. Not too bad, but a terrible ending in my opinion.

I got back through American customs with no issues and had to wait until 10:30 AM before I could check my luggage and get back into the terminal area. That was a LONG wait.

Once I got in, it wasn’t so bad as I connected to the Internet again (pretty cheaply this time) and was able to e-mail and work on the blog, pics, and video from the trip. I was able to go back to a lot of the older posts and update them with pics and video. I am still working on catching up with it all as I await my flight to Cincinnati — from Cincinnati, I will fly to Denver, getting there at about 10:00 PM.

(Wee early morning hours update — currently 3:33 AM in Cincinnati)

This is turning out to be the never-ending travel day. My flight from New York was waiting for take-off for five hours before they finally took us back to the gate to refuel the plane and allow us to get something to eat. A series of storms between New York and Cincinatti were causing the delays. Looooooong story short, my 4:25 PM departure FINALLY left at 12:30 AM. I arrived at Cincinatti close to 2:00 AM. They rescheduled my connection flight for the morning and I am now scheduled to be in Denver at around 10:00 AM on Saturday. Basically, I’ve been shuttling or flying since Thursday evening. Ugh! Not my favorite part of the trip.