things that go through your mind after riding a truck, a boat, a bus, a train, your two skinny legs, a car, a plane and another car and ending up on your door step (abreviated version):

"gee, the light in the kitchen doesn't work."
"oh! where did the dog's hair go? wait, is it you?"
(then double-checking as he responds to my french greetings. "good, it really is schweppes.")

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final note (and an important one at that):

thank you to my two west coast girls.