Hi Everyone,
Well, we finally made it back to the U.S. We are staying in California with Jessie's mom. We arrived last night at the house at about 8pm exhausted after a very long week of stress and uncertaintly.
We will probably hunker down here to mentally recoup and figure out what BP has in store for us. It may be working temporarily in Anchorage, Houston or London until Egypt simmers down.
In the meantime, we came with two bags for all 4 of us. We definitely feel like refugees! But we are all safe and thankful to be out of the chaos, so life is good in that respect. Still, it is tough without any warm clothing, only 4 pairs of underwear (well, maybe that is about 2 weeks worth of underwear for a male chmielowski) and no possessions or toys for the kids.
In the coming days when we relax a bit more, I can fire off more emails and call folks, but for now, I just want to sleep, hunker down, eat bacon and salads (remember, can't eat these in Egypt due to giardia) and enjoy all the fresh air outside.
Thanks for all your emails and thoughts during this "revolution." I hope it all ends well for Egypt.
Joe
