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We never heard Sarah and Nolan's family leave this morning but found out later they pulled out at 1:30 am. They had started the coffee maker so by 5:00 am we just had to heat it up in the microwave. I let our host know we would be out of the house by 8:00 am but we ended up leaving for the airport at 7:30 driving to a Waffle House near the airport and enjoyed breakfast there. We arrived at the airport the recommended 2 hours early and saw Mindy and Marie from Congerville come in after us. The seating was short as this was a completely full flight so we made room and invited them to come sit with us. 

It took a bit to get everyone seated on the plane which meant we did not take off early. This time Mark and I sat with Zeke while Iris sat with her parents. Zeke played for a while then fell asleep and didn't wake until we landed in Peoria. That is when the delay came. The passengers were up getting their bags from the compartments above when the announcement came that everyone had to put their bags away, sit back down and put on their seatbelts. The offloading ramp was not working and they couldn't get it up to the plane. The plane needed to be towed to a new place to unload. We were finally off the plane just after 1:30 pm, an hour later than when we arrived. We were not at all upset, instead of the 19 hour drive home from the time we left the Naples house until we walked into our house was 6 and a half hour, although we gained an hour coming home so travel time was really 7 and a half hours.. Mark had the house thermostat set at 55 so even before unpacking wood was brought in from the porch and a fire started. Once that was going well I took the golf cart over to visit with mom and Joan. Joan is leaving at 3:30 am to go to the Ark Encounter with her family, Ruth is moving in with mom tonight and she and mom will be leaving around 10:00 am for the Belleville airport to fly down to Gulf Shores. Mom was looking well. The bandages is now off her nose and she is more than ready to leave. I spent the evening finishing the book I started reading on the plane while enjoying the heat from the wood burner.
 Sarah and Nolan's family pulled in at 7:00 pm. We were thankful they made it home safely. Mark went to bed early. I think he just wanted to crawl in to warm up. He had the electric blanket set on high. 

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