home sweet home

Saturday, July 26

After many hours spent in the airports, on the planes, and on the bus, we have finally made it back to Effingham and Marshall. I can't even describe how happy I was to see my own school. :) As Fr. Daren said, we were delayed for a couple hours going back into Honolulu. This made our plans of going to the beach go down the toilet. We were going to have an 8 hour layover, just enough time to make it to the beach for a break and back. Whenever we were delayed 3 hours, we just couldn't do it all. We had to settle with hanging out with each other in the Honolulu Airport.

The flight back to Chicago was a rough one. I had a lot of trouble sleeping. This airplane did not have as much room to move around. I don't even know how the boys with long legs did it! American Airlines is not much a luxury flight. Well for those not riding in first class. They didn't even give us any free food. Believe me, by the end of our 8 hour flight, some of us were very hungry! But we made it.

A Bales Bus gratefully picked us up at the airport to bring us back to Effingham. We made surprisingly good time, and arrived back around 10:15. Our parents were all there to greet us and help us get out bags off the bus. I was very happy to see everyone!

I know everyone enjoyed the pilgrimage. It could not have happened without the support of our family, friends, Church, and community. So thank you all.