Just came back from a weird hybrid work trip - across multiple time zones- passby to see family trip -
Was exhausting, lots of work. I was on the east coast, then the west coast, then the east coast. Because it was a work trip, ate out the whole time and yikes, American portion sizes are crazy. Drank far too much.
Excellent beer drinking in the US! Such good microbrews -and even mainstream beers like Sam Adams Summer and Bluemoon, yum!
No family drama, had lots of fun visiting in a whirlwind of time zones

Brought back only a few things - mostly things from my Grandfather's house that my Mom thought I would want- a calico paper mache cat that I have been obsessed with since I was little, some casette tapes (yay for tape player in my car!), plus some other little knick-knacks.
Requisite hot tamales candy and eight o'clock coffee beans. A bottle of jalepeno hot sauce that I saw- not something I was searching for specifically but looked interesting! Plus a new hemp wrap around skirt, a pair of fair trade cotton trousers, a pair of tie dyed trousers, plus some boring work clothes- a new pair of grey work trousers and two new work shirts (black button down and a plaid one).