Today is our travel day and just like the other days, i'm up at around 3am again. This is not that bad, hoping it will help me sleep on the plane. The first leg of our trip is about 9 hours or so. Could be longer if we hit a head wind. We were able to get a connecting flight at JFK to get us home tonight instead of overnighting in New York. We would just like to get home and sleep in our own bed.
Again we have to wait for everyone else to get up just to get some coffee. You gotta love staying in an American type hotel. They have coffee and it's STRONG...just like we like it. We decide to get ready early and head to the restaurant and have breakfast. It's a breakfast buffet and it great. I eat tons thinking it will be our last "normal" meal for quite some time.
We arranged with Ilya before we left him for a driver to pick us up at our hotel and take us to the airport. Taxis there are outrageous...like $100 plus to the airport. We got this guy for a little under $40. I felt pretty good about that. He was ontime and we got to the airport around 10am. Made it through all the security without any problems. We did have to pay extra for one of our suitcases. Oh well. We were just glad to be heading home.
The flight from Moscow to JFK wasn't so bad. Slept most of the way. I had started to feel pretty crappy in the airport and thought I was starting to get sick. Well, halfway through the flight, I was feeling like crap. My sinuses, throat and ears were killing me. Nothing like getting sick! The flight was very uneventful, just how I like em!
We get into JFK and we get through customs pretty easily. We now have to go get our bags and recheck them in. I think I said this before in an earlier post, but i just can't stand the people working in the airport. I guess I should clarify this. The people who are in security and with bags. They are all just so rude. I realize they have to deal with stupid people all day long but you're in a customer service oriented job. Could you please be a little nicer!!! There, my rant is over!
We now have to find our other gate for LAX. We see a Starbucks and decide we need one. It's pricer than normal but well worth it. We find our gate and sit for the next few hours. You can tell we are back in the States. The nice thing is is that we don't have to smell cigarrete smoke 24/7. Our jackets smell like it from being in the Moscow airport. Our flight finally arrives and we get boarded. There is NO way we are leaving ontime. Steve was able to get us emergency exits again for both flights. On this one though it's weird. It's one of those planes where when you get in, you take a left for 1st class and then BAM, our seats are right there. Oh well. I am asleep before the plane takes off. I don't even remember taking off. This is a good sign. I am hoping to sleep thorugh the entire flight. I wake up in time for the in flight snack and figure out that I have a TV screen that flips up from my seat. I watch it for awhile thinking we must be getting close. I ask Steve what time it is and he says it's only 8pm. YIKES! This means we have TWO more hours. I feel like I am going to have a complete melt down! Just get me off this plane. It was freezing in there and the toilet was darn near close to overflowing! Lucky us, we were right next to it.
We finally land at 10:10pm. We grab our bags and head for the hotel shuttle. We'd left our car at the hotel. That was really nice. The shuttle came, picked us up and we were off to the car. What a painless chore. Threw the bags in the car and we were on our way. My stomach was growling so we stopped for food at midnight. You guessed it, McDonald's drive through, open 24/7. Gobble down some dinner and head for home. We are excited to see the fur animals!
We get home and our course are not really tired. We end up staying up until 2am. I figure I should go to bed so to not screw up my times any more. Slept like a baby! Good thing there is no work tomorrow. We can get caught up on laundry, and get things together for the work week. My mom and aunt are coming to town on Wednesday because my friends are throwing me a shower this Sunday. Most of this is just so weird and surreal to me. We've talked about this for so long now, it's just weird that it's coming true. I know that may not make sense but it's weird. Just imagine once the kids are home!
So, goodbye for now. I will update the second we get a court date. I just might even update before that with more pictures.
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