Second Day of Blogging - Arrived in Munich

We had a 9 hour flight from Seattle to London where Miles had to be changed 4 times and then threw up all over me.  After he threw up he slept for an hour.  So that was one hour in 24.  Then we forgot to take the two carry-ons we had put in the overhead bins out of the plane with us.  So we remembered while we were standing in a line (I'm not quite sure what the purpose of that line was) and Eric went off to try to track those down.  I took the kids through security and then to the next gate and they were all worrying if Dad would make it to us in time to catch the next flight.  He did.

Two more hours to Munich.  Eric sat with Miles this time and Miles slept the whole time.  (Oh man!)  Then we picked up our 21 pieces of checked luggage and took them out on 6 carts to the two van-taxis that were waiting for us in addition to Eric's brother, Ryan.  Ryan took Lizzie, Miles and me while Eric, the kids and the luggage went with the van-taxis.  We got checked in to our hotel, had showers, and ate lots of delicious fresh food sent by my sister-in-law, Tracie.  What a blessing that was!  And then Ryan took Rand and Miles home with him to Stuttgart for two days.  Ryan and Tracie and their kids will bring our kids back on Friday night and hang out with us at our house/apartment where we should be encamped. 

I hope we can all sleep tonight so we can go out tomorrow and explore. 

So as I was leaving my house to get into Irene Nixon's van with all our luggage I started to feel that sick, butterfly-stomach feeling thinking about how we wouldn't be back for 2-3 years.  Kris Sather let us come over twice that last day (yesterday) to print things like boarding passes because our printer was shipped.  Shelly Loveless and her kids came over to say good-bye.  I have a feeling we will really miss our friends and our home and our familiar things and places.

I did take a couple of pictures and Eric took some great ones, but I can't find the cable to download them to my computer.  Later!

Second First Day of Blogging

This morning we have almost nothing in our house.  We do have 24 pieces of luggage that we are going to have to get to the airport and then to the check-in counter this afternoon, and we do have a washer and dryer and fridge.  That's a blessing.  We also have a vacuum and lots of cleaning supplies.   Oh, and we still have a TV and all our DVD's. 

Eric's work permit in Germany was approved yesterday, Monday, so we're flying to Germany tonight, Tuesday.  We won't arrive until tomorrow, Wednesday.  On Thursday we'll probably take the kids on the subway to their school and any other places of interest.  Then on Friday we'll get the keys for our apartment and move in.  School and work will start on Monday the 2nd of November.

I've promised several people that I would be a faithful blogger.  And in fact my camera is packed in my luggage (I'll have to get that out and move it to my carry-on).  So I will take pictures of this trip and post as soon as I can.  I'm still trying to figure out how to edit my video clips so that they're smaller and more easily posted.  I feel like Julie from the movie Julie and Julia. 

First Day of Blogging

I'm going to try this even though I don't want to be committed to posting regularly. But I do want to be able to share little video clips with grandparents and family. I'll try this out and see if I'm blogging material.