Takeoff! It's China Baby!

4 months after we said yes.
The day has come.
They are on their way.
Joshua John,
Help.
Is.
On.
The.
Way.




We drove,
We sat
They flew away.

Someone is a little excited.



Post motion sickness meds excited:



He's excited on the inside now.

We said goodbye.


I watched them walk into the jetway



And then I sat.
And cried.
And briefly considering running after the plane and climbing aboard.
But then I remembered I was wearing my black patent leather flip flops.
So I didn't.

I watched the plane until it took off and became a tiny dot on the horizon


cried,
sucked it up,
wiped the snot off my face
and headed toward the exit....whereupon I passed the area where in 2 weeks from now
I
will
meet
my
son.
And then cried again.

Got in the elevator


cried.

Got in my car



cried

Drove around in circles in that stupid parking garage looking for the exit



and cried

Decided I should stop taking pictures whilst driving
and cried.

Payed $10 for 3 hours of short term parking
and wondered what on earth this world is coming to when it costs $10 to park
and cried.

I'm not usually such a blubbering idiot softie,
but I think the enormity of the last 4 months has caught up with me.
My focus has been on getting him home, getting him home, getting him home.
And now
and in that moment
it shifted.
It's now what's next for him.
And in case you didn't already know,
I have no stinkin idea what the heck I am doing.
I am pretty sure that was incredibly obvious
but I just wanted to point that out.

Regardless,
ready or not,
our lives as we know it will never be the same again.
So giddy up.
Here we go.

Joshua John,



4.
More.
Days.
Help is on the way.