So I made it back to PA safely, and for free! (my mom works for the airline now). I managed to make it down with all of my wrapped gifts intact and safe. Here's a lip sync animation I did of Luke Skywalker when he hearing for the first time that Darth Vader is his father.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DOmZCnDHCI
Here's the final environment for the sit/stand project where a fast food fry cook gets startled by something catching fire.
