Day #9: Going Back Home

I've gotten lazy and haven't posted the last entry to this blog in 2 days. Lugging around all this fat has made me complacent and prolly in need of a couple of passes through an industrial strength highway truck wash.

We got up at our regular time, sometime after 10AM. We all actually got a good night's sleep this time too. Not because dLo had some miraculous unclogging of his nasal passages but because we pooled our ever declining IQs together and bought some earplugs from the local pharmacy. Why didn't we think of this on Day 2?!?! Nevermind, don't answer that.

Still full from last night (are you seeing a pattern here?) we decided to go to the beach for one last bit of fun in the sand. Sun was out, waves were big and we were all sad we had to split for the airport in only an hour.

We took off for the airport and said our goodbyes to Jeb. We were all super bummed to see him leave, he came on this trip last minute, stayed with us all the way through to Jacksonville and kept on belting out that infectious laugh of his until the very end. Thanks for all the laughs Jeb! We'll never forget them!

Now down to 4, we had our last meal at some airport joint and surprisingly it was actually quite good. 2 pulled pork sandwiches and 2 burgers made up our breakfast/lunch.

The flight back was largely uneventful. We made our connection in Houston and continued on to Edmonton. We landed and made our way through customs looking forward to getting home a bit early since we had no checked luggage. Everything was going smoothly until I handed my customs declaration form to the border agent on my way out. This is where the fun started...

I was asked to step to the side area where my purchases would be confirmed and my luggage checked. No biggie I thought since I only bought $200 worth of stuff and had all my receipts. Everything checked out until my passport was scanned and I was placed under arrest. Yep you read that right, ARREST! I was asked to sit off to the side while the RCMP were called in to look into the matter further. So I sat, with a 5-hour-long-plane-ride full bladder to boot. There was no little boys room in the "secure area" so I had to pinch it. Eventually the RCMP showed up and it became apperent that I was under arrest for an unpaid city of Edmonton bylaw ticket. So a note to all you readers, a combination of a bitchy neighbour and that unmowed lawn or unshoveled sidewalk could land you in the slammer. I was later released on the condition that I show my hardened criminal self in court to face the punishment (aka pay the $100 fine). The pretty RCMP officer was actually quite pleasant throughout the entire ordeal and even escorted me out into the luggage claim area. She was even nice enough not to mention neither my wide ass nor my jiggling belly.

It was about 2 hours after we landed at this point and Seb had already left so I met up with dLo and Susie to do our weigh-in (evidently Seb had already done his). Here are the results, by this time you should know who's who.

So here's the official tally:

dLo = 3.2lbs
Susie = 4.6lbs
Seb = 1.8lbs
Weber = 3.6lbs

Susie destroyed us all!! My tapeworm took a vacation when I needed it most, dLo went pee beforehand and I think Seb may have put a couple fingers down his throat. There's no way he only gained 1.8lbs!!!

So that's it. The trip was absolutely positively 100% a success and I would recommend it to anyone. I'm going to go through all the entries and hyperlink at the places and restaurants we ate at so that it's a little easier for anyone considering a similar trip to look them up. If you have any questions just put it in the comments and I'll do my best to answer it.

Thanks for reading!!!