Return, recovery and independent smoking

The trip from Sao Paulo to Orlando, Fla. was the ultimate misery.

My feet were swollen and wept and burned the entire ten hours of the trip. Every seat on the plane had a TV screen where the passengers could watch a small icon of the plane as it traveled over the entirety of Brazil and the Caribbean. The icon didn't seem to move and I avoided looking at because I didn't need any more frustrati...