We flew back to the States on Friday, on a nicely uneventful flight. Our shuttle service, however, left much to be desired. Going to the airport, our pickup was wonderful! Which is why it is so very disappointing that we waited 40 minutes for our pre-booked private shuttle, and then discovered that (a) none of the seatbelts ratchet-locked, which meant it was not safe for the Squiddle's car seat, and (b) the seat I was in, the seatbelt wouldn't retract at all. Thank god we were not in an accident, because two out of the three of us would have been severely injured. We're going to be filing a report about Primetime Shuttle van #525....

But amusingly, while we were waiting on the curb at the airport, I pointed out a cosplayer to Wonderful Husband. Anime Los Angeles, after all, happening this weekend just up the street from LAX. Still, that kind of implied the person had flown in costume....

Sleep that first night happened early and fractured, with the Squiddle spending most of the night in bed with us. Can't really blame him, he was alone in a room he hadn't seen in a month. Last night was much better on all counts.

Also, we seem to have brought rain back with us from Britain. Just over an inch fell between yesterday and today. Hooray! I'm hoping the rain stays a good long while. I'm sick of drought.

The luggage has been unpacked and is ready to return to its nest in the rafters. The mess resulting from unpacking the luggage has been... mostly dealt with. Grocery shopping has happened, as has Wonderful Husband evincing signs of airplane crud. And we've borrowed my mother's Singer 201, as I've read testimonials online saying it's a wonderful machine for free-motion quilting, and my Babylock has decided it's had enough of that, thankyouverymuch.

I currently have two finished quilt tops lined up with their backings and their battings. The first one is actually going to get a double batting, as I opened up the first roll of Mountain Mist that I inherited from my grandmother, and it was as light as the name "mountain mist" would lead you to think. So it's getting the second roll too, which, hooray, is all heading toward freeing up space on my shelves! And it's going to be a gift, as were the last two quilts I did. So the next one is tagged to stay with me and go on my bed.

And a final amusing thought. We got our Costco ad when we picked up our mail on Saturday, and did a shopping run there that night. Among other things acquired was a Frozen-themed box of baby wipes. Umm, the last thing you want wipes to be is frozen.... ^_-

Home safe. Uneventful flight. Dead now.