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I've been getting some concerned emails since I haven't updated my blog in two weeks. Yikes.

I arrived home last Saturday. My luggage did not. I ended up playing a fun game of tag with the moron who was supposed to deliver it to my house (I finally drove to the airport and as I got there he called and said he was 20 minutes from my house - I sped home only to wait 2 more hours for him to show up). The good news is they only confiscated 4 packs of the Gauloise cigarettes I brought home with me. Which left 10 to smoke. Now I'm back to Marlboro Reds. Wah.

In the week I was home I managed to get all of my windows repainted. I also replaced all of my blinds, which was an ordeal I don't wish to ever repeat. Work is as insane as ever and I didn't do a good job of relaxing and recovering from my jet lag. Today I arrived home after spending 3 days in Columbus with a client (nothing like changing time zones AGAIN 7 days after landing back here) and crashed for 4 hours, which is more consecutive sleep than I've gotten since I've been home.

And the BEST NEWS is I have an editor for my book!!!!! Katie Ives of Alpinist fame (named the best editor on the planet by more than one of my friends) recommended a friend in Boulder. I just sent him my proposal. The book is back on. Working 80 hour weeks? Not on. I am on a mission to get this book done by October and hopefully find a new agent by then, since my old one lost interest in me because I couldn't make the deadlines due to work.

So this entry concludes this blog. I will NOT be going back to the middle east. It was an adventure, but not worth the stress and aggravation. The best part of the whole experience was coming home and finding out people missed me.