I am on Ativan now. :) for those who don't know what Ativan is, it is an anti-anxiety med that promptly knocks Monica out. I figure I have 30 minutes tops before I am out like a light.
I am having butterflies, spazzing over the littlest things, I think I've had a semi-asthma attack at least once, or maybe it was hyperventilating, since I have exercise-induced asthma... Anyway, I'm spazzing out over how much luggage we seem to be accumulating to go with us. Know what the root word of luggage is?
Anyone?
Come on, it's not that hard...
Anyone??Anyone??
That's right, folks, it's 'LUG'. Congratulations, you get a cookie. Yes, I get sarcastic when anxious.
I am really excited about going, but so anxious about the actual traveling part. I don't care about the 2 hour flight from Little Rock to MSP, I don't care about the 12 hour flight from MSP to Tokyo...I don't even care about that last little stretch of about 3 or 4 hours from Tokyo to Beijing...it's the packing that is getting me. THAT is what is spazzing me out. Sad, huh?
I have decided that I fully intend to write a book called 'How to Entertain Yourself on a 12+ Hour Flight'. As I come up with ideas I will write them down in my handy-dandy Buddha notebook Kim bought me like a year ago and then probably post them on here. For my own entertainment as much as anything.
1. Pre-write your blog entries.
Yeah, not really, but hey...it's a start. Right up there with read, poke Mom until she threatens to kill me, stare at the person beside me, and sleep. : )
1 more day...oh God, it's really happening....
Monica
Yes...the title is from an AFI song I like and really pertains to nothing. : )
Well, with 10 days to go, we are still in need of funds and one of our grant applications was rejected....so, yeah...it's pretty nerve-wracking around here right now. Everyone keeps saying, "God will provide" and I'm sure He will, but it'd be really nice if He'd send a postcard or something saying this is how, when, and where this money will come from. Save me a lot of wanting to run for the Ativan. I've been sleeping a ton, which is what I do when stressed...which is what I am right now. Seriously stressed.
Yeah, I'm really excited about going to China though. It's gonna happen somehow.
"They're coming to get me."
In Beijing we're staying in the Poly Plaza. Phone #: 0086-10-65001188
14 Dong Zhimen Dajie (south), Dongcheng District, China
We get picked up by our guide (whom we still don't know) at 9:25 pm at the Peking Airport on the 25th.
On the 26th, at 8:30 am, we begin our tours of The Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and Tian An Men Square.
On the 27th at 7:35 am, we fly out to Taiyuan and arrive at 8:40 am.
In Taiyuan we are staying at the Shan Xi Grand Hotel. Phone # 0086-351-8829999
No. 5 Xinjian South St., Taiyuan, China
On the 28th at 9:00 am, we go to the Civil Affairs office to get Reese! And we go shopping, etc., that afternoon.
On the 29th, we do the adoption paperwork.
On the 30th, we're going sight-seeing to the Children's Park.
On the 31st, we're going to Yingtze Park.
On the 1st, at 2:00 pm, we go to the Civil Affairs office to get Reese's passport, and at 4:00 pm, we fly to Guangzhou and arrive at 6:35 pm.
In Guangzhou, we are staying at the White Swan Hotel. Phone # 0086-20-81886968
No. 1 Shamian South St., Guangzhou, China
On the 2nd at 9:30 am, we have the medical exam and visa pictures.
On the 3rd, we're going sightseeing to the Chen Family's Temple in the afternoon.
On the 4th, our guide goes to hand in our documents to the Consulate.
On the 5th, we go to the American Consulate for the interview and to get the visas.
On the 6th, we fly out of Guangzhou at 8:20 am and arrive home in Little Rock with Reese at 4:40 pm.
First, I thrive on comments. I live and breathe them. Please leave them. Ideas about things to post, your thoughts, whatever. I just want people to talk to me. *smile* Thank you.
Our awesome friend Stacey made this video for us called "Waiting". She made it using a bunch of the pictures we have of Reese and it is a tear jerker. We are so fortunate to have so many pictures and such great friends. I have only cried at the supposed ends of favorite animes and Ladder 49. And I cried with this. I will cry when we get her. Mom will probably be dealing with 2 crying children. : ) We're coming, Le Le.
