Well we got up Friday morning and repacked our bags. We took care of a few things before heading to the airport like getting a new battery for my watch (I haven't worn it in 2 years, but today I decided it would be good to have something to tell time), Kevin ran into Hobby Lobby to buy some fabric to use as markers on our luggage, and we popped through the Arby's drive through to get lunch (what a great last meal to have in Peoria). We got to the airport just fine and as we unloaded our 7 huge suitcases on the curb a gentleman helped us and his wife had overheard we were moving to the UK...so he asked if Kevin worked for CAT and told us to look up someone he knew. Kevin and I were a bit nervous on how things would work bringing Addie through security and on the plane, but everything seemed to work out okay. Nothing softens up TSA agents than a little baby coming through security...I'm glad we did the security thing in Peoria verses Chicago, it could have been even more nerve wracking. Addie fell asleep as soon as the plane to Chicago took off (that was a good sign). We had a short layover in Chicago, just enough time to grab some airport pizza (yummy!). The flight took off at 7PM after being delayed about 45 minutes due to bad weather out east. We got to sit up in the front seats near the bulkhead because we had Addison, so we had awesome leg room. She ended up sleeping the whole way which was wonderful, but later we found that we should have woke her up for a while because she was wired for the rest of the day when we got tired and wanted to sleep. We arrived at 8:15 AM UK time (it felt like 2AM to us). We had a driver pick us up at the airport which was wonderful. It took some time to actually find him because he didn't have a sign and after Kevin made a $15 payphone call we got hooked up. I slept on the way to Peterborough and still felt this surreal feeling of where I was at. We stopped along the way for petro and a bottle of water and I was comforted by the bag of Twizzlers I had stashed in my back pack. I looked around me at the travel, at the landscape, and then at my family and new we were in for an adventure of a life time. As we took back off I fell asleep and day dreamed about our new life. We finally made it to our apartment at 11:30 and we were just happy to be at a home base. We wish we were actually going to be at our house but the apartment was fully furnished so it was nice...boy we were really tired...except for Addie.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
The Trip of a Life Time
Well we got up Friday morning and repacked our bags. We took care of a few things before heading to the airport like getting a new battery for my watch (I haven't worn it in 2 years, but today I decided it would be good to have something to tell time), Kevin ran into Hobby Lobby to buy some fabric to use as markers on our luggage, and we popped through the Arby's drive through to get lunch (what a great last meal to have in Peoria). We got to the airport just fine and as we unloaded our 7 huge suitcases on the curb a gentleman helped us and his wife had overheard we were moving to the UK...so he asked if Kevin worked for CAT and told us to look up someone he knew. Kevin and I were a bit nervous on how things would work bringing Addie through security and on the plane, but everything seemed to work out okay. Nothing softens up TSA agents than a little baby coming through security...I'm glad we did the security thing in Peoria verses Chicago, it could have been even more nerve wracking. Addie fell asleep as soon as the plane to Chicago took off (that was a good sign). We had a short layover in Chicago, just enough time to grab some airport pizza (yummy!). The flight took off at 7PM after being delayed about 45 minutes due to bad weather out east. We got to sit up in the front seats near the bulkhead because we had Addison, so we had awesome leg room. She ended up sleeping the whole way which was wonderful, but later we found that we should have woke her up for a while because she was wired for the rest of the day when we got tired and wanted to sleep. We arrived at 8:15 AM UK time (it felt like 2AM to us). We had a driver pick us up at the airport which was wonderful. It took some time to actually find him because he didn't have a sign and after Kevin made a $15 payphone call we got hooked up. I slept on the way to Peterborough and still felt this surreal feeling of where I was at. We stopped along the way for petro and a bottle of water and I was comforted by the bag of Twizzlers I had stashed in my back pack. I looked around me at the travel, at the landscape, and then at my family and new we were in for an adventure of a life time. As we took back off I fell asleep and day dreamed about our new life. We finally made it to our apartment at 11:30 and we were just happy to be at a home base. We wish we were actually going to be at our house but the apartment was fully furnished so it was nice...boy we were really tired...except for Addie.
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