Safely back home in Ghana! We've actually been home for about a week but the mounds of laundry, jet lag, and a fight with a cold have kept me busy. So sorry for the delay in returning to posting!
We had a wonderful visit with family and friends back in the US over the last several weeks. We flew from Accra to JFK in New York and then parted ways. Dan went to San Francisco for a week and a half for work and visits. I flew down to Tampa to work, spend time with my family and friends while ensuring all the Etsy Teddy Bear orders got completed in time to guarantee delivery by Christmas.
Dan had a quick stop in Houston on his way from San Francisco to meet with some clients that he works with in Ghana (pretty cool, huh? Come home for the holidays but can meet your clients face to face even though the work you do for them is halfway around the world). He then met me in Tampa for Christmas week with my parents. Dan helped my Dad's argument that the living room required a bigger TV. My mom quickly realized that, with Dan's addition, the women no longer outnumbered Dad and she had no chance of talking them out of it. Though I have to say, it sure didn't take her long to fall in love with the larger screen. All in all, the visit to Florida was very nice and we were thankful that we were able to catch up and spend some quality time with many of our friends.
The day after Christmas we traveled up to North Carolina to see Dan's parents for a long weekend. It was wonderful to see them and Dan's aunt and cousin came for a night as well. We exchanged Christmas gifts and enjoyed good food, good conversation, lots of wine, and one late night game of Yahtzee. (Side note: Dan and I are still members of some wine clubs in Napa/Sonoma. The orders get sent to Oscar & Sarah's place, so when we arrived Dan had an extra Christmas morning scoping out our wine collection. Safe to say we owe them big time for lending us a storage closet for all of our libations.)
On the 29th, we flew to San Francisco together to spend new years in the city. Since I hadn't gone with Dan a few weeks before, this was my chance to catch up with friends. We had a great happy hour with people we love one night. We had a quick trip to Napa on New Years Eve to do some wine tasting (when in Rome, as they say) and rung in the New Year at a hotel party on the Embarcadero with great views of the fireworks. New Years Day brought lots of football bowl game watching with friends and a nice dinner date just the two of us for our last night in the States
Flight home was uneventful. Bags all arrived with no toiletry explosions or confiscated electronics. Customs was no issue at all despite the fact that we left with 4 bags and came home with 7. HAHA. That's a story for another post :)
We hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season and wish you the best in 2015! Thanks for listening to our crazy stories thus far. Here's to even more adventures in Africa!
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