California Here I Am....again

Quite unexpected, this trip that is.  After Matt & Dana's shower, Amanda and I spent a week lolly-gagging around at the pool and visiting Greenfield Village, Howell outlets, shopping, downtown Detroit, the like.  On Friday the 26th when it was time for her to fly back, I wasn't ready to see her off, (I never am!).  Worried about the giant move the next day, how they would settle in when they both work, and decided that I would help if I could get a flight out.  Well, I did and here I am.  Spent the week unpacking, trying to get them settled, doing laundry, using the pool, not leaving much.  Yesterday I ventured out on my own, taking the bus and subway down to Hollywood to meet Amanda for lunch.  Missed my stop on the way back and had to take another bus back.  Good thing I had some extra $$ in my pocket.  Can't use debit and the card didn't have enough on it!  Yikes.  Enjoyed the walk through the beautiful neighborhood.  The flights out were good, long but good.  In Detroit there were a couple of minor maintenance problems that held us up for about 15 minutes.  Then a guy in front of my row passed out so they had to get him off the plane and back to the gate we pulled.  More paperwork, more delay, more maintenance (the guy is now off the plane and the maintenance guys are on), so after an extra hour, we took off and still landed in Phoenix within time for me to make the next connection.  I not only changed airlines, I changed terminals.  But I had 10 minutes to grab a coke and a bag of chips for breakfast/lunch.  Once on the plane, (commuter jet size) I found I had been seated in an exit row (no thanks) and moved to the front.  Yay, right where I like it.  It took longer to get to Hancock Park (new place) than from Phoenix to LA.  It is what it is and I am pretty lucky to be here and do all the stuff I do.