After a very long day of traveling yesterday...I am so thankful to be back in California.  :-) 

We had a few inconveniences on the way home, but of course it was all the kinds of things that come with traveling...and I guess I have traveled enough now to just accept that it happens and not really let it get to me.  To give you an idea...

In Mexico, they looked through our luggage before we even checked in.  Thinking back on it now, I'm wondering if maybe they don't have x-ray machines to scan the luggage.  Who knows?  They weighed the suitcases, and we were both over 50lbs, so we had to take our Mexico boyfriends out of our suitcases and leave them there (haha) and pull out a few heavier items and put them in our carry-on.  Then we went through the "normal" security screening...no problem...and found our gate as the VERY LAST ONE in the terminal.  Then AGAIN as we were boarding they checked our carry-ons for water and soda...no liquids could be taken on the plane.  So strange--even if we had purchased them after the security screening, we still couldn't take them.  Mexico is funny.

Our flight left late (because of that extra security check), but the pilot came on and said he was going to 'burn a little extra fuel' to get us there early so we could beat a couple other BIG flights coming in at the same time.  As promised we landed (after an EXTREMELY choppy decent into Denver) a few minutes before our initial arrival time.  We were thankful to have been ahead of schedule, we breezed through customs and found our next gate (which again, happened to be the VERY LAST ONE in terminal B) with relative ease.  Delayed.  Delayed again.  Our flight was scheduled to arrive in Fresno around 7pm...and we were in by 8pm.

Yes, one more inconvenience...we waited around the baggage claim...and waited...and waited...until there were no bags left.  The nice lady at the counter told us our luggage was on the plane scheduled to arrive at midnight.  Lovely.  How can our flight be delayed an hour and then our luggage not make it in time?  So strange.  The nice thing is, they have a service that will deliver your lost/late luggage to the address of your choice.  So my dad called just about an hour ago to let me know that it had arrived at their house.  Yippeeeee!! And, because I had to put all my bathroom necessities in my checked luggage, I was super-happy when Jen shared her shampoo, conditioner, a blow dryer, and a comb so I could get ready for work this morning. :-)

Anyway, determined to not let that experience ruin my trip, I re-read the blogs that I posted while I was in Mexico and WOW!  I had a heck of a good time!  haha.  Hope you guys enjoyed reading about my trip...I'm so thankful to Amanda for asking me to take the trip with her!  And I can't wait to go back someday! :-)