October 6th 11:30pm, We Arrive In China!!!!!

I wasn't able to up-date my blog from China for some reason so I'm doing all the up-dating now. We took off for China on schedule and weren't delayed by the weather. It was as if our friends and families prayers for our travel had been answered. The clouds broke and the sun started to come out as we were heading for the airport.

Kelly and Jade Lin traveled very well on the plane. The portable DVD player, DS Light, hand-held poker game and back-pack filled with things to keep Jade Lin busy, were a God send! I wouldn't travel without them! The take-off and landing were extremely hard on me, even with the prescription for Xanax. We hit the Typhoon traveling from Tokyo to Guangzhou and there was more turbulence then I was comfortable with.
We arrive in China early, at 10:05 pm and wait for our guide, Grace, who is late. She thought we were delayed by the weather and was waiting for us at another door. It is a 45 minute drive to the hotel and I slept the whole way, so tired from no sleep on the plane. I forgot that it would be light all the way to China. The flight attendants closed the windows at 6pm, to help the passengers sleep. Of course, us not being use to the time change, we played cards and the kids didn't fall asleep till after 10:00pm. The flight attendants opened up the windows and started serving breakfast at 12 midnight, our time so the kids only had about three hours sleep.
Scott celebrated his birthday on the plane. By the time we got to our hotel room it was after 11:30pm. Kelly and I took showers and fell asleep right away. Scott was so tired he fell asleep in his clothes.

We were all awake at 6am, on October 7th,because of the time difference. We showed the kids around the hotel. Saw both of the beautiful outdoor pools and peeked inside the windows of the game room, which didn't open till 5:30pm, every night. We had a fantastic breakfast buffet in the coffee shop. I had so been looking forward to eating there after 5 years! The view of the Pearl River is amazing and the food is really good. After breakfast we shopped at the little stores along the streets, around the hotel. After a couple of hours we were back at the hotel and fell asleep till 6:30pm. The jet lag hit us all hard this time. I didn't remember it being as hard when we were in China in 2002 to bring Jade Lin home. We walked to "Lucy's" for dinner and barely made it through the meal, we were all so tired. We were asleep by 10:00 pm but were up at 3am;-(
I couldn't stop thinking about the next day, when we would meet Meizi! I was excited and nervous and for some reason didn't think she would scream when she saw us, like Jade Lin did. It would be a very momentous and special day and I couldn't wait!