November 19, 2011

  • Bags are Packed - Two Pounds to Spare!

    Mom and I head out bright and early on Thanksgiving Day. We leave around 6:30 AM Thursday and arrive in Jinan around midnight on Friday. We have a day to recover and we meet YiLin on Sunday. Sadly, the non-stop to Beijing does not run on Wednesday or Thursday so we are flying through San Francisco then to Beijing and from there to Jinan. Coming home we'll go Guangzhou to Beijing but then it's a straight shot home.

    Because of the little Beijing to Jinan flight, we are restricted to 1 checked bag weighing no more than 44 pounds. My suitcase weighed in a 42 pounds. The large majority of that is gifts of the officials, books and crayons and cars for YiLin and the mini pharmacy all us crazy American adoptive parents bring "just in case."

    And now.... I'm off to bed!