Welcome Back

I had my first shift back at work. It was a little intimidating at first. A lot of things have changed in a year, but by the end of the night I was pretty confident, and probably won't need any supervision after this weekend. Front desks are my thing anyways.

The grave shift hours weren't as bad as I thought, they were quite easy. However when I got home I crashed until about 2:30pm. Hopefully I will be able to wake up by noon after I get into the swing of things at home. Matt did a great job watching Madison even though he forgot to brush her teeth this morning and when I came down stairs at 2:30 she was still in her pajamas, but as far as letting me rest he did awesome. I'm really happy that he's willing to give up his Saturday and Sunday mornings to let me rest. He's the greatest

One thing I enjoy about my job is seeing troops come home from deployment. A lot of them don't have a place to stay the first couple nights after they come home from a deployment and welcome back ceremony so they flood the lobby of the Inn. Even at 3am after almost a whole day of flying and stopping in random countries they just look so happy to be home. Their family members are practically glowing with happiness and pride to see their mothers, fathers, wives, husbands home. One of the soldiers checked in, and grabbed a beer from the convenience store and set it on the counter just to stare at it. "I haven't had one of these in a very long time" he said, and I smiled and replied "Well, I think you deserve it."