Saturday, June 13, 2009

The Week at Large

Well, it's been an interesting week so far as we get closer and closer to our final leave date.

Things that would never normally go wrong but chose to this week, just because.....

We started the week with our brand new car being hit by someone "who wasn't looking and who was having a bad day." Hmmmmm, I know the feeling on bad days.

Then, we finally got our provincial hotel confirmations on Thursday afternoon, but were told not to worry, that our daily itinerary would be ready "in a few days." That could get interesting since we are leaving on Tuesday, so we may be leaving without our daily itinerary "in hand" - just know that we are "in China" - ha.ha.

Then, for the Chinese adoptions, you must take brand new $100 bills with you for some of the fees. Charlie has dutifully called the bank three times in the last month to get the money ready, to tell them to hold it, when we'll pick it up. Of course, yesterday, he is told (as we are getting ready to pick it up) "sorry, we used it for something else as we did not know who is was being held for. We'll call the main bank and you can pick it up on Tuesday AFTERNOON." (I guess as we are running out the door!)

And of course, we are one of the families that you have seen on TV that is NOT Digital TV ready (even though we've had a year to prepare) so the boys are at Comcast this morning to get the converters for two of our sets.

By now, we all just continue to laugh at all of the things that have occurred as we prepare for Dylan's arrival.

We are spending our last weekend at home running around for the important things (like M&Ms for the trip and other American snacks). We are also now down to our deadline on "do we take strollers or do we wing it without?" Based on our luck and sense of adventure, we are looking more at the "wing it" stage by now -- of course, the Shenyang Walmart will carry strollers, right?!

1 comment:

  1. Oh yes, the Wal-Mart in Shenyang will have strollers and just about anything you would find in the Wal-Mart here. Best wishes as you get ready to travel!

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