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barbara_ferrenz
28 September 2005 @ 07:51 am
I'm Ba-ack  

I'm home from Louisiana, safe and sound. I'll have more to say after I collect my thoughts. Right now, I'm still getting used to sleeping in a bed, eating at will, and showering by myself. My face and arms are a little tanner, my hair a little lighter, I've lost a few pounds, and I'm still achey from that last night sleeping on the floor at the Baton Rouge airport. But I think I did good work and made a positive difference in a small way. My opinion right now? It was worth it.

 
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Laura Anne Gilman[info]suricattus on September 28th, 2005 05:32 am (UTC)
welcome home!
barbara_ferrenz[info]barbara_ferrenz on September 28th, 2005 09:03 am (UTC)
Thanks! It's good to be home.
International Bon Vivant and Raconteur[info]nick_kaufmann on September 28th, 2005 06:16 am (UTC)
More than worth it, I'm sure. Welcome back!
barbara_ferrenz[info]barbara_ferrenz on September 28th, 2005 09:04 am (UTC)
Thanks, Nick. It was an extraordinary experience.
Maria Alexander[info]ladyeuthanasia on September 28th, 2005 07:21 am (UTC)

Welcome back, my friend! I can't wait to hear all about it! But for now, yeah, just sleep and eat. :D
barbara_ferrenz[info]barbara_ferrenz on September 28th, 2005 09:06 am (UTC)
Thanks! I had Honeynut Cheerios (my favorite comfort food) this morning for the first time in two weeks.
Karen E. Taylor[info]karenetaylor on September 28th, 2005 07:28 am (UTC)
Hurrah! I'm glad you made it home. Sorry that last night in Baton Rouge didn't work out...
barbara_ferrenz[info]barbara_ferrenz on September 28th, 2005 09:12 am (UTC)
Thanks for trying to find someone to take me in Monday night, Karen. I appreciate the effort. Brian had tried for days to find me a hotel room and some fellow volunteers and I showed up at the airport Hilton and tried to talk them into giving us a room. Ordinarily, the Red Cross would have found us another staff shelter but they were filled. The best they could do was to get us a conference room stocked with bottled water and MREs at the airport. I still had my bedroll but, damn, that floor was hard.
Tina Jens[info]tina_jens on September 29th, 2005 07:27 am (UTC)
Welcome home!

I worried about you while you were away.

(You did see the light from the candle I lit for you each night, didn't you? It was a Karen-made candle, of course.)

What you did was a wonderful and generous thing.
barbara_ferrenz[info]barbara_ferrenz on September 29th, 2005 09:27 am (UTC)
I felt the warmth of that candle flame each and every night, Tina.
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