July 17 - Traveling Back to Winnipeg Part 2

So I ended up just staying put for most of my 8 hours in Toronto. It was too hard to pull around my luggage everywhere too walk around and look in the stores. I sat at this bar-height table that had a plug for every second chair and charged my ipad while texting and playing games. I bought I giant tea from Starbucks to sip while I passed the time.
Finally, I went through security, and then browsed in a bookstore for awhile. Then I grabbed a bottle of water and some chips to bring on the plane. The flight to Winnipeg felt long, even though it was only two and a half hours. Probably because its the home stretch...a little bit like Christmas morning. I tried watching "The Croods" but I kept nodding off. And Dimona...I definitely thought of you ever time the pet sang, "Da, Da, Daaaaaaa!" :)
After getting off the plane and walking into the terminal, I was hoisting my luggage down the stairs and looking down at the steps so I wouldn't fall. As soon as I reached the bottom of the stairs my mom was hugging me. I felt her before I saw her. My dad was at the belt looking for my checked luggage. It felt good to be home!
Next we went to my parent's house to get my dogs, Annie and Lady. They are always excited to see me, even if I've only gone to the bathroom. But this time...holy cow! It was crazy! Annie was her usual excited self, running around, barking, jumping at my legs, and then resorting to taking out her excitement on her favourite chew toy. Lady however, she was hilarious! She would climb all over me, run a lap around the living room which included jumping onto the couch and then off again, come back and jump all over me again, and repeat. This went on for several minutes. I couldn't even hold her - she was just too excited and squirmy!
Then we went to my place. I decided to leave the luggage outside until I was ready to deal with it, just in case there were any bed bug stowaways. Then I quickly showed my parents the snacks Alexey sent with me (some chocolate things with nuts and raisins in them, a chocolate bar, the waffle cookies with chocolate in the middle, and these thin waffles with caramel in the middle, all made in Yashkino). After they left I went right to bed, but brought with me the chips and dip I had asked my mom to pick up for me before I came home. It felt sooooo good to have some more familiar food!