Back in Michigan!

Yesterday was a loonnngg day. The day started at 3am. when we got up for a 6:45am flight out of Las Vegas, 60 miles away. We sneakily spent the night in our moho in the storage lot in Pahrump (didn't ask, but probably against the rules), then we got up and drove 60 miles into Vegas, waited in line for 30 minutes to pay for Snuggles "ticket" ($80 each way...babies are free...go figure!) Snuggles did very well with flying. She especially gathered a fan club at airport security. They had me take her out of her carrier, so they could put it through the X-ray machine, then the 2 of us walked through together. Some people knew that she was a cockatoo, and everyone declared her beautiful. She smiled at her adoring fans....lol! Our flight out of Vegas landed in Chicago where we changed planes, & got lunch for the 3 of us. Some little kids came up to Snuggles, freaking her out, stuck their fingers at her and asked if she'll bite. I told them to not put their fingers near her because she can bite a finger right off. LOL! Actually she'd fly before she'd bite anyone, but it got them away.

Our plane landed in Detroit right on time at 4pm. Rich's mom picked us up, we drove to her place, with Snuggles getting scritches from "grandma" the whole way. She's going to be sooo spoiled over the holidays. Grandma was telling her about all the wonderful veggies she bought for her. After spending some time with "grandma" we got some dinner and headed "home" to my mom's house where we're staying. Mom's in Paris for Christmas, but she left us some wonderful little gifts for Christmas and our birthdays (Rich's is Jan. 4, mine is the 20th...hint-hint!). Of course we had a little trouble getting to sleep, since our bodies are used to the Pacific time zone, but eventually we fell asleep.