Back in the USA.
As of about 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, I’m back in the United States.
The moving process, especially the last few days, was nervewracking and exhausting. Leaving was pretty traumatic, and I did cry a lot on the plane.
Luckily, Kitty Mao Mao got through everything okay. I found sort of a guardian angel in one of the stewardesses on my plane, who helped me figure out how to get the cat. She actually accompanied me through the whole process, retrieving him, going through the CDC procedures, putting him on the connecting flight and everything. She actually told the airline people I was her sister so I could go through the crew security checkpoint rather than stand in line with everybody else, then gave me her phone number and told me that if my flight was cancelled, I could call her and go stay at her house for the night!
July 28th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Welcome back, MF!
Glad for the cat.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Yay, you made it
Hope the weather is nice…
July 30th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Welcome back!!!
That’s great about the kind stewardess. I just love when life hands you a helping hand like that. It can make all the difference sometimes.
Happy settling in!
July 31st, 2008 at 9:56 am
Thanks everybody!
The airline sent me a form asking for comments on the flight, and I was sure to mention everyone who helped me by name. I’m thinking they will get some sort of praise or notice from their bosses for that.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:40 am
Just catching up on some blog reading. I’ve really not been reading blogs for the last six months, since the daughter was born. So that’s why I was so taken by surprise when you called me! I hope you weren’t put out. It’s great to have you back in the States. China’s loss is our gain.