It ain't over yet

One trek has ended but another journey has begun. Not exactly how I had hoped my first rtw would end and I'm not looking forward to the journey ahead. Let me explain. Before I began my last guided tour, the part through SE Asia, I had decided that it was time to be done. I was ready to get back and begin to assimilate back into the real world and had made my plane ticket changes accordingly. A few days before I was to depart Hanoi, I emailed my brother that I was now going to pass through San Francisco and I would wave hello to him as I flew in and out. He lives near there, you see. He emailed back that Mom had a bad turn health-wise and suggested that I deplane in SF, meet up with him and we could then fly back east to be with Mom and that's where things are at present.