Monday, April 11, 2005
Happy Anniversary Michele and Todd
Our 13th Anniversary. Not so great. We learned instead of being able to leave a day early on Thursday, we actually leave a day later – Saturday. Oh God, NO! There are only three people in the country that can sign Visas. And the guy was out of town until Tuesday and counsel offices are closed on Wednesdays. So much for the cash we paid for the plane ticket. Sigh.
Charlotte and Dave offered to watch Sam while Todd and I go to dinner. We were so appreciative. They are such nice folks, we are so lucky to have them as friends on this crazy trip. Sam did not nap in the afternoon so we decided to eat in the hotel restaurant. Sam did cry when we left but stopped when they gave him a cracker. But I felt the love. I did.
So, for dinner we complained and bitched about having to stay longer. The waitress got our order wrong (we were one of 2 tables). So I only had soup.
The nicest part of the day was when we went to pick up Sam, he hit the floor, and crawled over to us with a huge grin. Now that’s attachment.
Then we called Adrian at EnRoute Travel. We can get to Frankfurt on Saturday, but getting from Frankfurt to the States is the problem. We are waitlisted for the flight we want at 10:00 a.m. and for the 5 p.m. flight. That would be an 11 hour layover in the Frankfurt Airport. We really dislike, oh hate, the Frankfurt Airport.
Was on the phone with Saralee too, since I had told her the night before we would be home a day early. Ugh.
Gave Adrian at EnRoute Saralee’s cell number.
Saralee emailed Kids First so they would know the despair that the DeMichielis were feeling. We love to share you know.
Inna called me. She had been out of town the week before. She was very upset that we were not leaving early and in fact were delayed. She had called Adrian already to check too. We decided #! stay waitlisted for Saturday #2 look at other airlines #3 look at Sunday flights. We would HATE to stay yet another day in Almaty but an eleven-hour layover is just a horrible proposition too.
I then called Saralee, (yes again) to make sure we were all on the same page. During our conversation Sam woke up crying. He cried and screamed for hours. He would not be consoled. Bad night for all of us.
Charlotte and Dave offered to watch Sam while Todd and I go to dinner. We were so appreciative. They are such nice folks, we are so lucky to have them as friends on this crazy trip. Sam did not nap in the afternoon so we decided to eat in the hotel restaurant. Sam did cry when we left but stopped when they gave him a cracker. But I felt the love. I did.
So, for dinner we complained and bitched about having to stay longer. The waitress got our order wrong (we were one of 2 tables). So I only had soup.
The nicest part of the day was when we went to pick up Sam, he hit the floor, and crawled over to us with a huge grin. Now that’s attachment.
Then we called Adrian at EnRoute Travel. We can get to Frankfurt on Saturday, but getting from Frankfurt to the States is the problem. We are waitlisted for the flight we want at 10:00 a.m. and for the 5 p.m. flight. That would be an 11 hour layover in the Frankfurt Airport. We really dislike, oh hate, the Frankfurt Airport.
Was on the phone with Saralee too, since I had told her the night before we would be home a day early. Ugh.
Gave Adrian at EnRoute Saralee’s cell number.
Saralee emailed Kids First so they would know the despair that the DeMichielis were feeling. We love to share you know.
Inna called me. She had been out of town the week before. She was very upset that we were not leaving early and in fact were delayed. She had called Adrian already to check too. We decided #! stay waitlisted for Saturday #2 look at other airlines #3 look at Sunday flights. We would HATE to stay yet another day in Almaty but an eleven-hour layover is just a horrible proposition too.
I then called Saralee, (yes again) to make sure we were all on the same page. During our conversation Sam woke up crying. He cried and screamed for hours. He would not be consoled. Bad night for all of us.
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