we finally have tickets in hand to leave on 7/28. we leave from Louisville at 6:15 am. that means we have to be there at least by 5 am. which means we leave home at 4 am or so. any takers on transportation to the airport?
it is getting real folks. like i said, we leave next Wednesday and return on Saturday, 8/14. that is a little over two weeks in a country where i will be the tallest man around for many city blocks. that is unless Yao Ming or Wang Zhi Zhi happen to be in town. maybe i can get a basketball contract out of this. my jump shot is much improved.
or flights travel through Chicago and San Francisco both ways i believe. we will be in Beijing for our first couple of days. we will have time to do some touring then before we actually go get Natalie on the third day.
sorry Brian, but we won't be stopping over in Japan. at one point in time in the finagling we did have a connecting flight in Tokyo, but the layover would not have been long enough for you to even think about coming to see us. we would have loved to stay and visit for a day, but you saw where i mentioned how expensive the flights were already.
finally, is it weird that i have some trepidation about our return flight? notice the date. we arrive in the US on Saturday 8/14. that means our flight actually takes off on Friday the 13th. luckily i never cared for those movies. also, Dan Marino wore number 13.
With everything you've both been through, I'm sure it's a little surreal knowing the exact day you'll finally get to meet your daughter. And I see no reason to complain about flying out early, after all - it's not like you will ever get to sleep in again :-)
ReplyDeleteLet the record show I offered to take you both to the airport.
ReplyDeleteboth comments (lack of sleep and transportation) have been noted.
ReplyDeleteLet the record also show that I'm the details person in this family, and Stephen is off on the flight info (most notably failing to mention our five-hour layover in LAX on the way home--fun!). And unfortunately, I think we won't get to see Natalie until a little later than he thinks. But we WILL meet her and she'll be ours forever (and we will be hers), which is all that matters.
ReplyDeleteif i don't have all the facts, that is your fault, Mrs. Details.
ReplyDeleteI will be praying for your safe trip to and from. And even if I don't meet you at the airport in Louisville remember who lives right next door. Your Mom and Mom-in-law
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