WEEK FOURTEEN

I am officially jet lagged. It's miserable. All I want to do is sleep. Our flight home was extremely delayed-- I'm talking nine hours delayed-- because of a fender-bender on the tarmac (seriously, our plane was backed into by a Lufthansa plane that was reversing out of its gate). Our 6:15 PM departure became 7:00, then 7:30, 8:00, 9:00, etc., until we finally got our wheels off the ground around 3:00 AM. 

Once we got on the plane it was a good experience since James and I were able to fly envoy class which included sleeper seats. I'm telling you, this is the way to fly. I could've spent months in that cubby. So comfortable!

this is what 12 hours at the airport looks like

We were anticipating the jet lag, but with the delay in our flight it was just so much worse. We typically would have arrived in London at approximately 7AM so we would've had the whole day to start getting acclimated, but yesterday we arrived at 3PM(dusk) and got home close to 5PM, which in London is completely pitch black. I just hope James can sleep better tonight so that he isn't exhausted on his first day back at work.

On the bright side, we are finally home after our whirlwind tour. Following 12 days of living out of our suitcases, we were very antsy to get back to London-- back to our home, back to our normal. All I can say is that I am ready to start fresh in 2014 and get back into our routine again.

Alright, so back to the Week 14 recap!

Last Sunday we flew up to NYC and stayed in Brooklyn for three days. Unfortunately, my sister's family came down with the flu so James and I decided to keep our distance and not risk it. Instead, we had a date night in Brooklyn at La Vara, a Spanish tapas restaurant and then had drinks at Henry Public.

Since this was James' first time to NYC we wanted to fit in as much sightseeing as possible into one day, so Monday we woke up early and headed into town. 

Tuesday morning I met an old friend at a coffee shop in Brooklyn and in the flash of an eye, three hours had past. James and I found some delicious pizza near Prospect Park and then headed back to the hotel to relax and get ready for dinner and the Billy Joel concert.

As always, Billy was a gem. I will be posting videos and pictures of the concert and NYC later this week. My phone is just completely packed with pictures from this trip home; it is going to take me some time to filter through all of them. 

We flew back to NC on Wednesday morning, which sucked. I could have slept the entire day away and still not felt close to 50%. We got back to Raleigh and immediately drove back to Kernersville to eat a traditional New Year's meal (pork chops, greens, black eyed peas, cornbread... yum) and relax with James' parents and Winston. 

The only thing that could make me feel better was a sleepover with the dogs so that's exactly what we did.

Thursday, we packed and relaxed.

Friday, we said goodbye to Kernersville and drove to Charlotte to catch our flight back to London.

Saturday, was a travel day.  Our plans to be productive were compromised by the flight delay, so we only managed to find our way back to our flat, feed ourselves, and attempt to (finally) catch the season finale of Homeland (James and I slept through most of it).

And Sunday, well, James is sick and I'm still in my pajamas. So there.

How was your week?