Good morning from the sunporch once again. We are home after a wonderfully relaxing vacation at Heather's house. We had a great visit with the family and got to watch the kids graduate. I spent hours siting in their out door kitchen/patio area. It was usually cool and there was a good breeze blowing most of the time. This morning, I'm back on the sunporch enjoying the air conditioning inside because it is already muggy outside.

Travel yesterday was a challenge. We had a 1400 hrs flight out of San Diego so we left Heather's home in plenty of time to get there, get the rental car turned in, get through security etc. That part went fairly easy. We got to the gate with the required couple of hours early. We were scheduled to go out of gate #2. The plane we were to fly out on came in with a mechanical problem; (one of the toilets was broken) so they moved us to Gate 1a and they were to bring another plane for us. We had barely all gotten to Gate 1a, and they announced that we would be moving to Gate #3. The problem there was that we would have to be escorted en' masse to Gate #3 by way of the tarmac because we had all already been through security and couldn't be allowed back in with the general populace. Oh, and by the way, Ms. Kate requires a wheelchair when getting around airports. We finally all got to Gate #3, where by the way, people for another flight are already lined up and waiting, and after about fifteen minutes they announced that we would have to be moved to Gate #6. So, we all made our way to gate #6; and it too was packed --- and there was no plane and they were "going to bring us one". Finally around 1500 hrs a plane came in to the gate and we loaded up. The plaane was filled to capacity. We departed San Diego at about 1530 hrs for our threee and a half hour flight to Nashville. Unfortunately --- about three rows behind us was an infant with an obvious altitude/air pressure ear ache and we got to listen to at least three hours on and off of the child's piercing screams and crying. Thank goodness I have a good set of noise cancelling earphones and hours of good Gaither Gospel to listen to. It drowned out probably 85% of the noise. But, I imagine there are a whole lot of us this morning saying "Thank you , Lord, for getting us home." I felt so sorry for the child, I felt sorry for the mother, and I felt sorry for all of us passengers, none of whom could do a thing about our situation.

So, today, we unpack and relax a bit. It is already sprinkliing this morning. The bird feeders are all empty and I need to go check on the garden etc. I also have work to catch up on and determine where I stand with all of that. There is always stuff to get caught back up with and in three weeks we are taking off for another vacation so that again requires working ahead. But --- I must first give thanks to God for a safe trip despite minor aggravations. It was a blessing to be able to see Heather, John, and the kids. This weekend, Julie and Jim will be down for Father's Day, and in less than three weeks we will have all three of the girls and their families together for a week of family reunion. It is jusst one blessing heaped upon another. For all of that, I give God praise this morning. I hope your day has a slot in it for counting your blessing too.