I left San Diego one week ago today and flew back to our home. There were so many loose ends to wrap up before we could settle back here in CA.

The first evening back home seemed cold and lonely without hubby. There was a stark incomplete feel as I got out of the cab all alone on that cold dark night. The house was dark and cold as the thermostat had been turned down to a cool 60 degrees. All I wanted to do was curl up in bed and dream that hubby was right there beside me. That night when hubby called he announced that it should be a law that we should never have to be separated again. But sometimes we have to do what we have to do and be thankful that we don’t have to be separated too much.

One of the big jobs was to have the builder’s crew back out to the house to repair the wood floor that was damaged by our movers. It was an ugly mess that I don’t even like to talk about. Electrical power saws were brought in to cut the wood out and the mess of dust all over the house was a nightmare. Just thinking about it is a nightmare.

I finished squaring away with our movers regarding the claim we turned in. The adjuster came out Tuesday for a meeting to go over everything with me. I was more than satisfied with they way they handled our claim.

Wednesday was a day of pampering as I was LONG overdue to have my hair done. I said goodbye to the ole gray mare and hello to my old brunet self.

Hubby flew into town Thursday evening (making my world complete in every way) to spend a couple days wrapping up the things he wanted done.

On Friday morning, my car was picked up by the towing company to ship her out to CA. It was hard to believe that the leaves that were here just two weeks ago were all gone by the time I got back.

Saturday we made it to the UPS store with 6 large boxes filled with stuff we wanted with us out here. I also made one last swoop through the house with my dust rag, vacuum and mop. That’s it, I’m done talking about that mess hence forth and forever more!

After the sun set that evening the sky lit up in the prettiest shades of pink and blue and as we said goodbye to our last little view out back.

Sunday we bounced out of bed at 3:45am so that we could be to the airport by 5:15am in order to catch our 6:15am flight. Our flight didn’t go as planned due to the dense fog but we managed to arrive home last evening safe and sound.

Now that we’ve landed, it feels so peaceful to have all that stuff behind us. We’re looking ahead with so much excitement and it’s going to take a while for it to really sink in that we are really home sweet home. It’s a place we’ve dreamed of living and we feel so blessed that dreams really do come true.