Bumpy re-entry

Entering the United States, was a much more chaotic and damaging event than any one had predicted it would be. I was arriving in the U.S. 4 days prior to my original date to surprise my lovely boyfriend. And it might have worked. If my planes landing gear hadn't exploded and shot up into the jet engine when we landed in Chicago O'Hare.

Just MY LUCK! 

I was totally the lucky girl who got to jump out of a plane on a huge inflatable slide. Obviously the United States wasn't happy to see me again. This incident was one of the most frustrating of my life. I had been awake for 36 hours, I just wanted to land in Grand Rapids, and surprise Nick after 3 months of being away. And instead I was detained for 6 hours waiting for the plane to be cleared, to retrieve my luggage, and board the next plane to Grand Rapids, Michigan. I finally arrived there at 11:30pm G.R. time. Which is 5:30 am Paris time. My surprise was ruined my faith in American airlines was ruined, but I was entirely all smiles.

I had just ended the most amazing summer of my life. I mean it ended with a BANG! But, I was home. I was home!!! I remember cuddling into bed that night, and thinking about my silly life. All of my friends agreed that I was totally the kind of girl who would crash land back into reality. No one was really surprised that this sort of thing had happened to me. And to be honest....neither was I!!