This trip is jinxed. I should've seen the signs and cancelled or postponed it.
Twas great to hang out with Nicky tho, and time away from the office was very welcome.
But in the end, it's just been a very expensive & inconvenient detour when I could be there with my loved ones at such trying times.
Well gd thing Qatar departs BCN almost daily... In the words of that bald eliminated-American-Idol-turned-commercial-success:

Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.