Just got a little work done and now have a few minutes to kill before boarding the plane to LAX.
As a first comment, it was great landing here and being in sunshine for a good 45 minutes before it just set a moment ago. It was the second time I have had the sun on me in the past nine days - it came out once at home throughout my entire trip. If I ever suggest I intend to spend another winter in Chicago, please refer me to this post as the reason not to. At least it wasn't that cold out though - kind of warm at home for the most part still. The only day it was truly cold was Thanksgiving morning, when we ran that 10K. As mentioned in my last post, the run was great, but it definitely gave me a little cold. I'm about 85% now but still not quite back to perfect. But the key is to be at 60%+ for flying... anything less and your head explodes with the altitude and pressure changes. I was totally fine on this last flight, so I shouldn't have any problems on this little skip over to LA now.
Overall despite my weather complaints and the little cold, I had an excellent trip home as per usual. Got a ton of time catching up with friends and family, watched sports, good home cooking, and a lot of exercising to match it (I collectively ran over 20 miles while home - not bad at all for basically a week). One comment that I made that rings true was in reference to our yard at home. At this point, 95% of the trees are dead in town, as are all of the other plants. At our house? Dozens of plants are still in bloom, the trees are still covered in red and yellow leaves - it was nice to see and not at all surprising!
Alright, time to board my flight... on the last one, we had a great approach. Flying into Sky Harbor from the North or East, you either head SW and make a turn to come in due West directly, or you have to circle around town and kill 15 minutes for no real reason, flying in over downtown. Usually we get stuck on the latter route, but this time we lucked out and got the direct. As such, we had a phenomenal flyby of Four Peaks and the Superstition Mountains Weaver's Needle.
Catch you in Los Angeles!
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