We are back. And by back I mean in various locations in North America. Soph & Sim are still at the cottage and Eric and I are back in Cleveland. Some day I will go back and get them. Although when we arrived back on July 20th, Simon said he was at his dream house. So maybe I will leave them there. Or not.
But I am getting ahead of myself! The potential to have a bad final week was totally there. There is something about hearing bombs go off while watching soccer with your child that is so disconcerting (my mother still can't figure how I knew what a bomb sounds like - you just do). not to go into it all, but it was just too close to home. A colleague was killed. Close friends were there. I'd been to the one location. Something so gruesome shouldn't be familiar. I know there are people in the world that live with it everyday of their lives - but it is wrong, just wrong.
So after a couple days of struggling, we decided to forge ahead and head to Kenya to visit with the Bailey Family. Best decision ever! We had a blast, the kids were all happy to be together, the adults were happy to be together and we were all happy. Which we needed to be. Masai Mara is an incredible place. Lions, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, wildebeests - lots and lots of them. Oh, and dare I mention there was swimming involved too? Crossing the border between 2 African countries was an experience I don't think I could ever adequately describe. Crazy insane unorganized and kinda scary (even though I knew it wasn't) are the only way to describe it. We actually felt relief when we crossed back into Uganda - like it was home - which for those 4 weeks it was and it was good.
Once again all our flights were uneventful. Simon watched the map for 7.5 hrs on the way to Toronto. I got upgraded to business class, but the kids cried so Eric got upgraded - which I am okay with because the guy next to him had incredibly smelly feet!
So yes, we are home. And it is good. But it was good while we were there. And maybe even someday I would go back. Maybe even someday.
