Living the Good Life

Lounging around my parents new house in central South Dakota is actually quite nice. Literally no one has driven by the house which equates to zero traffic and wildlife is prevalent from the front window. The winter weather and this history-making-blizzard are a little hard to handle for me (because i've been living in SoCal for 2 years now), but it is refreshing.

Getting back home wasn't the easiest venture I have taken, however. I was first delayed in Orange County and then my flight was canceled in Denver. As I am wondering what I am going to do, I start a conversation with some young women in line with me. They are also originally from South Dakota, so immediately have something in common. As we are standing in line to get our new accommodations we start to think about our new possibilities-- get stranded in Denver again or hop in one of the girl's car and road trip to SoDak. Our odds of getting a new flight back to South Dakota weren't looking great, so we started to call our family members and explain to them how we were going to drive home. To our benefit the airline decided to create a new flight for all the Rapid City passengers for the following morning. Unfortunately, this still meant we had to spend the night in Denver, so our new friend offered for us to stay at her place and she would take us to the airport in the morning. Fortunately, we made it to the airport in time and after a few more delays I made it to SoDak in time for Christmas Eve. But this is a testament to show that people are generally good. It may have been our common interest (South Dakota) or it may have the spirit of the holidays.

This Christmas has been uneventful due to the weather, but this way the holidays can be spread out. We had a nice Christmas eve get together and now over new years we will have the traditional get together that we missed on Christmas day due to the weather. My brother ended up getting stranded at his job and had to do a 24 hour shift, but fortunately he got back to the house and was able to rest.

The only thing to do in a blizzard is read, watch tv, and maybe do a little indoor exercise, and then of course eat. So the most productive thing I did today, is some yoga on TV.

The snow drifts are large and the wind is blowing, but this is home and nothing will ever replace it!