From the Eyes of a Dukie: Back in Raleigh!

Ah! I'll try to make this trip make sense chronologically, but first.. the mayhem! Okay, not really. My flight left LAX Monday at 12:30am and I had a stop in Minneapolis/St. Paul at 6:05am. It was a brief one-hour lay over before my flight for RDU (Raleigh-Durham International) took off at 7:00am. We had a delay leaving LA and the flight was packed, so when we arrived in Minneapolis, it was already 6:30am, and we rushed to get to the other end of the airport for our next flight. And I guess because there was such a short period of time between flights, my baggage got stuck in Minneapolis and had to board the next flight to RDU, which arrived at 2pm & not 10:40am (like I did). It took a while to locate where the luggage was before being notified that a courier would drop the baggage by my apartment later. Turns out later means 3:00am this morning. It was unfortunate and sort of annoying because I was sleeping so I could be well-rested for work the next day, but it all worked out in the end.

Speaking of work, I had four articles published during my time off that I had been working on before. Check them out here! UNC's O'Donnell leads event, New Mudcat dynamo, A Tar Heel in Spain, and Pack runner seeks national title. Now, I'm working on another story (for next Tuesday or so) and a sidebar accompanying a story that is going in this Sunday's paper. I"m also looking to cover the Carolina RailHawks soon or the Durham Bulls. I have such bad timing! They keep playing away when I'm here and reverse!

Now.. my trip home. Gorgeous weather. 70-75 and sunny every day except for one, and it wasn't humid at all! Loved it.

It was great getting to spend time with my family and friends, and though a lot of them were still taking their finals, I still got to see a lot of them. I went swimming a LOT at home, went ice skating, ate a bunch of DELICIOUS food (Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean bbq, Chinese, In-N-Out, frozen yogurt, Sprinkles cupcakes!, Japanese curry, etc!), drove around my hometown, and went to the beach. Enough writing now. Here are the pictures! (Sorry, my Internet has a slow upload speed, so I'll come back in a bit and try to put them up.)