Yes, I was in Tucson over the past weekend and the temperatures were the coldest they have had in years! The high during the day was in the upper 40's. But it was sunny and clear blue skies.
The weather didn't really matter though since the purpose of the trip was to visit some of my very most favorite people...The Blanchards!
Lisa, Allison, Sara and Ken met me at the Tucson airport on Friday afternoon. My flight was on time and I didn't check any bags so we were out the door and in the car just before 5pm!
We were all pretty hungry so a stop at Mi Nidita was in order..some of the BEST Mexican food I have ever had...and of course the celebratory margarita! This restaurant is very popular and it was crowded when we got there, we had a 45 minute wait, but it was so worth it.
I had my first tamale there and LOVED it! Very Yumo. The chile rellano was a bit too hot for me, but that didn't stop Ken from eating it! :) After all that food we were ready for the next expedition.
And where would that expedition be to? Target of course! The story goes like this...I thought I was being so diligent. I checked the US Airways website for the carry-on bag rules and it said to use 3 ounce bottles for liquids and everything had to fit into one 1-gallon ziplock bag. What the website failed to mention was that the 3 ounce bottles had to be labeled "3 ounces" and the ziplock bag had to be quart sized not gallon. So, at the security check point in Savannah I had to dump my shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste and deodorant among other things. At first I was a bit ticked off, but then I calmed down and figured since I was visiting Ken and Lisa they would have this stuff and I could stop at a store and pick some stuff up. So that's why I needed to stop at Target! After the shopping adventure it was on to Ken and Lisa's house for some quality "catching up with our lives time"!
On Saturday we went to the Tucson Botanical Garden to see the butterfly exhibit and it was great. Saturday evening we had dinner at Ken's mom's house...chicken cordon blue, it was delish!
Sunday we went bowling and it was lots of fun...the kids were too cute rolling the ball down the bowling alley! Sunday night Ken and Lisa got a sitter for the girls and the 3 of us went to dinner. We went for Italian and it was excellent...I had Eggplant Parmesan and Lisa and I split tiramisu for dessert...YUMMO! :)
Monday we spent some time at La Encantada looking in the shops...I went into the Apple Store, that was a first for me since there is not one near me. We had lunch at Sauce which is one of my favorite restaurants in Tucson. I had the chicken, tomato, pine nut and gorgonzola cheese salad...really YUMMO!
All too soon on Monday it was time for me to catch my flight home. I left Tucson at 8:30pm-ish and flew to Phoenix...all 23 minutes from take off to touch down. I had about a 2.5 hours to wait in Phoenix for the "red-eye" flight to Charlotte. I was surprised to find the flying time from Phoenix to Charlotte was only 3 hours, going out it was more like 5 hours...guess the tail winds going east were better then going west! I tried desperately to sleep on that flight, but the 2 people in the row with me decided they wanted to talk for half the flight and I didn't get any sleep at all...even though I kept my eyes closed and my ipod volume up! The plane landed in Charlotte at 5am and the flight to Savannah was scheduled to leave at 9:15am, so I had to kill 4 hours. I tried to rest, but was not able to sleep at all...I was definitely doing the "head bob". By 6:30am the shops and restaurants were opening and I had a bagel and Starbucks coffee. The flight to Savannah left a little late, but we landed at 10:30am and I was home at my house by 11:30am.
I had every intention of sleeping when I got home, but I started going through my emails and then before I knew it 12noon rolled around. I did try to sleep for about an hour but then I had to get up because the pest control man was coming to the house to spray and I was getting my haircut around 3pm.
Once I got back home around 4:30 I got my second wind and was wide awake. By 8pm I was starting to fade and by 10am I was finally in bed and closing my eyes. Needless to say I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. I managed to get out of bed and get to work on time, but my eyelids felt like they weighed a ton!
So I will spend the next couple days catching up on my sleep, and think twice about doing red-eye flights...that is until my next trip to Turkey in September! :)
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