Day 6 or is it Day 7?

I'm home. The trip was uneventful and much quicker coming back. I only had 2 hours in Frankfort and 2 1/2 in Chicago for layovers (instead of 5 and 6 on the way there) and I didn't have the wait and final flight to SHymkent so it was much better, but still exhausting. I got home yesterday, unpacked a few things to make sure things made it home ok, took a shower and went to bed. I woke up at 1am wide awake, but this time I was a little smarter and took a sleeping pill and went back to sleep until this morning. It took forever (ok, maybe a week) for me to start sleeping properly on the way over and I do not want to go through that again. I still feel pretty bad, but I am going to try to get on a regular scheduled quickly.
Going through customs in Chicago was very quick. I had heard it was slow and could take up to 2 hours. It took me about 15 minutes. My luggage came out quickly and I wasn't asked any questions in immigration or customs. Actually, the only questions I was asked on the whole trip were by the people doing the metal detection checks on the entrance to the Almaty airport(you go through a metal detector and luggage xray to enter the airport). They asked me if I had a knife in my luggage(I had a multi tool with a knife) and I thought it was a problem, but they just wanted to know. They also asked me if I had bought any souvenirs. I'm not sure why they asked that, but they let me in ok. Overall, still a long trip, but I am home and glad to be here.
I think in a few hours I will be on Day 7 of the appeal in Kaz. That means I am almost half the way through the wait. I don't expect any issues, but until the 15 days are over, you can't be 100% certain. The first week went fast-mainly because so much was still going on. I hope the next week goes fast also as I try to get back into my regular schedule.