Almost time to go
Well, it's Saturday night. Tuesday evening we leave Thailand. It's so hard to believe the time is so close!!! The last few days have been packed pretty full, with taking people to the airport, cleaning our house, packing, picking up a few final souvenirs, and saying goodbye to a lot of people.
I had my last appointment with my Thai doctor. She wrote me a letter for the airline assuring them that I have a "normal history of prenatal." Hopefully that will be good enough to get me on the plane...
The last few days have been a bit rough. All the packing and lifting and extra walking have made me really notice the weight of the baby. My back hurts, my abdominal muscles hurt, and I feel like I've aged 20 years!! But I suppose that's normal, and I feel much better when I actually sit down for a few minutes.
It's sad to be wrapping up here, but good at the same time. I don't think it's quite sunk in for either of us that we won't be coming back. All these places that we're used to seeing every day...it probably will hit us when we've been back in America for a few days. It will be interesting to see what about America (besides the gas prices) surprises us. What has changed, and what have we forgotten about?
We leave on Tuesday at 5:00 to fly to Bangkok. Then our flight out is at 6:00 the next morning (on June 14th). We fly to Tokyo together, then Jeremy will fly to San Francisco to see his parents and I'll fly to Chicago to see mine. It will be nice for both of us to see our families.
We're really looking forward to that moment when our luggage is checked, and we're sitting at the airport, knowing that everything is done. If we forgot it, it's too late; if we didn't, it's taken care of. How exciting that will be! And then, after a little flying, we'll be home. That will be a good day, even if it is 36 hours long.
I had my last appointment with my Thai doctor. She wrote me a letter for the airline assuring them that I have a "normal history of prenatal." Hopefully that will be good enough to get me on the plane...
The last few days have been a bit rough. All the packing and lifting and extra walking have made me really notice the weight of the baby. My back hurts, my abdominal muscles hurt, and I feel like I've aged 20 years!! But I suppose that's normal, and I feel much better when I actually sit down for a few minutes.
It's sad to be wrapping up here, but good at the same time. I don't think it's quite sunk in for either of us that we won't be coming back. All these places that we're used to seeing every day...it probably will hit us when we've been back in America for a few days. It will be interesting to see what about America (besides the gas prices) surprises us. What has changed, and what have we forgotten about?
We leave on Tuesday at 5:00 to fly to Bangkok. Then our flight out is at 6:00 the next morning (on June 14th). We fly to Tokyo together, then Jeremy will fly to San Francisco to see his parents and I'll fly to Chicago to see mine. It will be nice for both of us to see our families.
We're really looking forward to that moment when our luggage is checked, and we're sitting at the airport, knowing that everything is done. If we forgot it, it's too late; if we didn't, it's taken care of. How exciting that will be! And then, after a little flying, we'll be home. That will be a good day, even if it is 36 hours long.
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Ein Schloss, Ein Wurst, Ein Kopf !aqq
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