{"id":854,"date":"2008-07-04T05:31:34","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T04:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/07\/04\/weeeeeere-back\/"},"modified":"2008-07-04T05:31:34","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T04:31:34","slug":"weeeeeere-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/07\/04\/weeeeeere-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeeeee&#8217;re back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/491303147\/\" title=\"Waiting by Unhindered by Talent, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/218\/491303147_1cbbe31dd9.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"Waiting\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re back in Morris, Minnesota, sleeping in our own beds for the first time in 10 months!<\/p>\n<p>We arrived late Tuesday after a long, but generally uneventful trip.  (Well, uneventful if we ignore a bit of a rush transferring in Chicago that contributed to <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/WeatherGirl\/\">WeatherGirl<\/a> leaving her iPods on the plane there.  But still, generally uneventful.)  <a href=\"http:\/\/jesslarson.com\/\">Jess Larson<\/a> was super generous and drove us and our sixty zillions Tons O&#8217; Crap (TM) back to Morris, and for this we are <em>incredibly<\/em> grateful.<\/p>\n<p>We were thrilled to find that the house was in wonderful shape, and are very grateful to Rebecca and Joe (our renters) for taking such good care of our home while we were away.<\/p>\n<p>All the major utilities have been restored, including Internet and DirecTV, so the family is unlikely to revolt :-).  <a href=\"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/SubEvilBoy\/\">Sub-Evil<\/a> has been catching up with his friends as much as he can, but many are out of town so it&#8217;s a process that will dribble on for a while.  Now we plow into the unpacking of suitcases and boxes (both the ones we left behind 10 months ago and the ones we shipped last week) and the restoration of the flotsam of our lives.  (We defrosted and cleaned the chest freezer since it was nearly empty, and today I shoveled all the mature compost out of the composter so we could start filling it up again.)<\/p>\n<p>It was a great year abroad, and it&#8217;s nice to be home again.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/family\/\" title=\"Family\">Family<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/morris\/\" title=\"Morris\">Morris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/sabbatical\/\" title=\"Sabbatical\">Sabbatical<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/travel\/\" title=\"travel\">travel<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/05\/31\/we-have-arrived-in-spain\/\" title=\"We have arrived in Spain! (31 May 08)\">We have arrived in Spain!<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/07\/05\/there-are-a-few-differences\/\" title=\"There are a <em>few<\/em> differences (5 Jul 08)\">There are a <em>few<\/em> differences<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back in Morris, Minnesota, sleeping in our own beds for the first time in 10 months! We arrived late Tuesday after a long, but generally uneventful trip. (Well, uneventful if we ignore a bit of a rush transferring in Chicago that contributed to WeatherGirl leaving her iPods on the plane there. But still, generally &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/07\/04\/weeeeeere-back\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weeeeee&#8217;re back!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11,25,27,19],"tags":[873,247,875,38],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-dM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":738,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/04\/waving-goodbye\/","url_meta":{"origin":854,"position":0},"title":"Waving goodbye","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"4 Dec 07","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I'm off for Dublin! With scheduled entries broken, however, so there could well be a yawning silence for a few days. I'm not taking a laptop (gasp!), so unless my B&B has a a computer out for their guests I'll just have to cut you all loose for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":612,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/08\/04\/packing-packing-packing\/","url_meta":{"origin":854,"position":1},"title":"Packing, packing, packing","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"4 Aug 07","format":false,"excerpt":"We leave Morris Monday afternoon -- less than three days away! Packing up lots of things (esp. books) to make room for Our Kind Renters, and tomorrow we begin the painful process of finding out just how much of our stuff won't fit in our luggage. Ugh. This will be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":855,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/07\/05\/there-are-a-few-differences\/","url_meta":{"origin":854,"position":2},"title":"There are a few differences","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"5 Jul 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Several people have asked about \"culture shock\" upon returning home, and for me at least there really hasn't been much (I'll let WeatherGirl and Sub-Evil speak for themselves). One thing that has been really amazing, though, is the peace and quiet here. The photo above is from a few years\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":694,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/17\/unrelenting-the-seasons-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":854,"position":3},"title":"Unrelenting, the seasons change","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"17 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently they've had snow back in Morris, but we're not likely to see any of the white stuff here in Colchester. The leaves are turning with enthusiasm, however, and it's definitely crisp when Sub-Evil and I walk in together in the mornings. We've even seen a little frost. 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