On Monday, April 18th I left the beautiful country of Samoa to finally go home.Even though it was going to be a long day, I was so excited to finally be going home. We had lots of trouble with baggage the airport did not want to let us take our carry ons. They were only going to allow us one carry on that weighed less than 7 kilograms, but Air New Zealand had always allowed us 2. It took us about an hour to get all of it figured out and then we had to pay a fee to leave their country. It was so crazy. I had a 4 hour flight from Samoa to Auckland and once I was on the plane things went well.
I arrived in Auckland on April 19th and had a 3 hour layover before boarding a 13 hour flight to LA. The flight to LA went so well. I watched a ton of good movies and got some needed sleep. All four of us were so excited about landing in LA and being back in the USA. As soon as we landed in LA all of us played the Hannah Montana song Landed in the LAX.... it was so fun. We were just so excited to be one step closer to home. In LA our numbers went from 4to 3 when Emily met her family.
Anna, Nancy, and I called our family and friends to tell then we had made it back to the states. It was so good to talk to everyone and be able to use a cell phone and actually hear them. I loved getting to talk to my family and easily filled up my 8 hour layover with phone calls. Around 8 that night, our numbers went down to 2 when Nancy got on her plane for home. Then around 9 they went to 1 as Anna and I boarded our separate flights. I am really going to miss those girls.
I had a red eye flight to Atlanta and landed at 6am on April 20th. The flight went well, but I was so excited and so happy as I got off the plane in the ATL. It felt so good to be home. I loved seeing all the green and breathing that southern air. I even had a gorgeous sunrise to welcome me home. I could not have been better. I loved seeing my dad at the airport and then my mom when I got home. I had missed them so so much and was so excited to see them again. After 33 longs flight hours, I made it home to my loving family and really could not have a happier ending to my New Zealand adventure.
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