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Jiggety Jog

Fight the jet lag; stay awake. Mail to deal with; calls to make. Clear the suitcase; clean the clothes. Fridge needs filling, I suppose. Hit the market, as you must. Trip is over – readjust! Mind is in a time-zone fog. Home again, home again – jiggety jog!

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Robert Johnson

Date: 6/14/2018 2:45:00 PM

Oh the woe's of being the traveling jet set. :)

Pat Adams

Date: 6/9/2018 3:19:00 PM

An interesting play on off to the market to buy a fat pig. Reminded me of my Uncle Ben who I dearly loved. When we got back from somewhere he'd go "Home again, Home again, Jiggity Jig!" I love this write and thanks for the memories!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 5/31/2018 9:13:00 PM

Resonates with me for sure. Just came back from ~ Ger a 24-hour total trip to Queens, Manhattan, and Brooklyn, NY. (Almost got killed 3x: twice by an Uber driver, once by a cabbie). Oh, that readjustment! (I wrote 'just came back,' when I actually walked into my house in Chicago at Noon, Monday). ~ Gershon

Tom Cunningham

Date: 5/31/2018 1:42:00 AM

Glad you had a nice time, back to the grind now, but you'll have fond memories. Tom

Jan Allison

Date: 5/30/2018 4:38:00 PM

Returning home is so hard and getting back to the run of the mill day to day routine makes the holiday seem a distant memory. So glad you had a wonderful holiday:-) hugs Jan xx