In the Desert Again
Hey guys! How’s your day going??
After an early early flight, I’m finally here in Tucson with the fam.
(Gift basket at the madre hotel with brown rice bread, TJs dressing, salsa, apples, avocadoes and almond milk!)
I stayed up late last night Skyping with the Pilot (Skype > sleep) and then woke up at 4 to be at the airport by 4:40.
Good thing I packed up my snacks last night 
Airport food is not very dependable, and you can only have so much oats and protein powder.
Leftover sweet potato and black bean chili + 2 slices of brown rice bread with hummus, cucumber and tomato
The first flight was pretty uneventful, thanks to these bad Johnnies:
(Eye shades from Bed, Bath and Beyond)
I got the tip from Kath to take them on the airplane. Instant crash out and peaceful sleep the whole way
It was dreary in Chicago:
and COLD too. Makes me really glad I didn’t bring Viesa under the plane <3
During the layover, I walked around (sneaky workout) and grabbed a coffee.
On the flight from Chicago to Tucson, it was very exciting to see that they had WiFi on board. Not so exciting to realize my netbook battery was dead :/ #fail
Instead of blogging like I’d planned, I made a list of blog topics for this week and finished reading “I Remember Nothing” on the Kindle
Now, I’m here at the madre’s, about to go with the fam to dinner. The madre is already cooking a pre-dinner meal in the kitchen, haha. Welcome home, eh?
(We passed the plane boneyard on the way here)
See ya later tonight and stay tuned for an am Holiday Gift Guide for Your Fave Fitnessista 
xoxo,
Gina
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I can tell how happy you are, and I am SO happy for you! Have a BLAST in Tucson!!
aww, your mom is so cute…making you a gift basket the best essentials. Have fun with your family!
LOVE the eye shades! They are so pretty! I always use them on flights, but mine sadly are plain black and boring!
Enjoy your time with your family! 🙂
I have really been contemplating getting an eye mask lately!
So glad you are HOME!
Enjoy the time with your family! Oh and my mom gets made when I don’t eat 2 dinners!
Love being home for the holidays!!! ESP eating all the food made by momss! enjoy!
I need some eye shades like that. What a good idea to bring them traveling. I hope you have a fabulous, fabulous time! It already sounds like you are. 🙂
Excellent snacks for the flight; I do the same! Enjoy your visit with your family.
Your madre is adorable…I love the gift basket!! Have a wonderful time in Tucson with your familia!
Eye masks and neck pillows are a traveler’s best friend! I got to visit Tucson for the first time last month and enjoyed it so much! It was only for a day and a half, and for the next week I kept complaining to everyone that would listen that I wish I could have stayed longer. Enjoy time with the family!
That’s so cute of your mom! Have a blast. 🙂
Glad you’re there safe! Those eye covers are super cute 🙂
Gift basket at the madre hotel = NICE! What a sweet mama!
Glad you made it safe and sound and Ohare is always cold and miserable, or hot and humid. As a former Chicago girl, I can say it’s a great city but the weather is definitely not it’s selling point!
Glad you READ and NOT blogged. Amen to just doing some pleasure reading. Yay for that!
And the eye shades..nice. Not only can you nap but it also prevents chatty kathy’s or pervy men from trying to strike up convos on long flights. Not to be antisocial and all, but ya know what I mean, sometimes it’s nice to ESCAPE!
🙂
Holiday gift guide? Is that like Oprah’s Favorite Things? 🙂
kinda yeah! 🙂
Glad you had a safe flight. Enjoy time with the family! 😀
Haha I love that your mom is making a pre-dinner! That’s too funny.
Enjoy your time with your family! 🙂
You mean to tell me you were at O’Hare and I couldn’t bring you indian food?! Sad 🙁 Glad you made it to the desert safe and sound 🙂
i’m sorry friend! i was only there for 45 minutes or you know i would have called you!
You and The Pilot make the best faces 😀
hahah um, that’s my brother
Nice shades!!
Seeing the eye masks around blog world makes me think I should get one for my next flight, and maybe at home, too!
I love that your madre makes you gift baskets of healthy stuff when you visit. Mine tries to stock up on healthy food, too…although our definitions of healthy vary a tad. 😉 I love that she does it anyway. 🙂
Did I miss reading what you decided to do with the pup? If she wasn’t under the plane or with you…?
she’s in valdizzy at her favorite kennel- they get to play outside all day and the owners love her
(sorry, just saw it in post below). Aww, I know you’ll miss them but sounds like they’ll have a good time while you’re gone…and avoid any airport screening pat downs. 😉
Glad you had a safe trip. Have a fun time with the fam!!!
I love gift baskets!!! Have a great time with the family!!
That sounds like a great little welcome basket! I can’t wait to see your holiday gift guide 🙂
I made your version of the sweet potato and black bean chili. Added some cilantro and bulgur wheat. IT. WAS. AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!
so glad you liked it!!