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4:30am … time to get to the airport. Ugh.

Today was just a travel day home, with the time zone change working against us. We left our hotel in Avondale by 5am and about 30 minutes later dropped off my brother at Terminal 4 at Sky Harbor Airport for his early flight home. Then my sister and I returned the rental car and took the shuttle back to the airport and eventually parted ways to our individual flights.

The flight back to Florida was uneventful (I did manage to get an exit row seat) and I landed back in the sunshine state shortly past 3:30pm. I was home with plenty of time to unpack before watching the Dayton/Oklahoma basketball game. It was a great close game until the final moments, and the Flyers lost to the Sooners 72-66. So no magical run like last year’s to the Elite 8, but it was still fun to watch.

Once again, I had a great time at spring training in the Cactus League. Opening Day is still a few weeks away, and the Indians don’t play the Rays here until July, so for now I’ll be watching the Lightning hopefully make a strong push in the playoffs and maybe make a run for the Stanley Cup.

Go Indians! Go Rays! Go Bolts! 😀