Today was wild. I had breakfast at 4AM (the flight offered both a dinner and a breakfast, both of which were about as big as my hand). We landed in Rio De Janeiro at 5:20AM, worked our way through Immigration and Customs, walked over to where we could transfer our luggage and saw that our flight to Curitiba had been cancelled. We were mystified, but continued in the luggage transfer line. When we got up to the counter, we were told that the flight had not been cancelled. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 8:15AM and we re-checked out luggage in at 7:05AM. We rushed through security and got to the gate... only to find out that our flight had been delayed because of fog at Curitiba. So, we waited for 2 hours for the plane to leave. Luckily, we were in the airport waiting. We got to Curitiba and met the people we'd be staying with. I am staying with Felipe, who is awesome. We got money exchanged and bags loaded (oh - we had no issues with our 8 55-70lb bags) and went out to eat at a Brazilian steakhouse. Man did I get stuffed. That made up for the small meals we got on the plane. I got to sit and talk about Steven Covey because both he and I are Mormon and the husband of one of the people here has a boss that had rcently worked for S. Covey. It was glorious... -ish.
So, we went to our place of residence and I showered and took a short nap. We then went to my the apartment of my hosts aunt and watched some TV and made conversation. I also had some Coke from a 6oz glass. It was a far cry from my usual 44oz beverage. :( We went out to eat at an Italian Restaurant, which was served like a Brazilian Steakhouse. That was fun... and the food was good, too. I'l be going to sleep at about midnight. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight.
To my kids and wife, I love you and hope you had fun in Ohio. Also, one more day is complete. Wahoo. :)
Friday, June 24, 2011
Aren't my kids cute?
So, since my kids are posting their days, I figured I'd post mine here as well. It'll mean more posts, but EVERYONE loves to read Matis posts...
So, for yesterday:
1. I saw Becca's teacher, Mrs Brown, checking in at American Airlines the same time I was. I thought that was an oddity.
2. My group got on the airplane and we were then told (after they shut the doors) that they had been told that our flight was going to be delayed for about an hour. So they moved us to an airplane parking lot. Why couldn't they just let us sit in the airport for a little longer?
3. We got to JFK with about 1.5 hours before they were going to start boarding our next flight. We rushed through the terminals, cut in line at the TAM airline counter for our boarding passes and arrived at our gate with about 10 min before they started boarding. So we got on the plane... and waited for an hour before the plane took off. I WAS HUNGRY and didn't get anything to eat.
4. I had a n aisle seat with the other three guys on this trip in my row. It took the enitre middle row of the aircraft. I offered my seat to Bob, because he is of a larger size than anybody else on the trip. Therefore, I was sitting between Bob and one of the Chris-i -es(? - what ever the plural of "Chris" is). One of the flight attendants came over to us after the doors were closed and asked me if I wanted to move across the aisle and share a row with someone else. I told her I was okay and she then informed me that I was sitting next to a rather large gentleman and asked Bob to move and made me switch seats. So, we were sitting across from the lav. Now I was sitting in front of it... with a stranger.
5. The seat I was in couldn't recline because I had a wall behind me. Lucky for the guy in front of me, his seat reclined about 8 inches. Therefore, I had a headrest in my lap for most of the flight.
6. The airline had individual movies that I could choose from to watch, including Rango and The Green Hornet. I watched both of them. Well, I watched the first half of both of them. The "entertainment" system kept shorting out and would stop working for hours at a time. Also, when they dimmed the cabin, my chair light stopped working, so I couldn't even read.
I love my wife and kids. I miss them and look forward to seeing them in 12 days. I already have a gift for each of my kids.
So, for yesterday:
1. I saw Becca's teacher, Mrs Brown, checking in at American Airlines the same time I was. I thought that was an oddity.
2. My group got on the airplane and we were then told (after they shut the doors) that they had been told that our flight was going to be delayed for about an hour. So they moved us to an airplane parking lot. Why couldn't they just let us sit in the airport for a little longer?
3. We got to JFK with about 1.5 hours before they were going to start boarding our next flight. We rushed through the terminals, cut in line at the TAM airline counter for our boarding passes and arrived at our gate with about 10 min before they started boarding. So we got on the plane... and waited for an hour before the plane took off. I WAS HUNGRY and didn't get anything to eat.
4. I had a n aisle seat with the other three guys on this trip in my row. It took the enitre middle row of the aircraft. I offered my seat to Bob, because he is of a larger size than anybody else on the trip. Therefore, I was sitting between Bob and one of the Chris-i -es(? - what ever the plural of "Chris" is). One of the flight attendants came over to us after the doors were closed and asked me if I wanted to move across the aisle and share a row with someone else. I told her I was okay and she then informed me that I was sitting next to a rather large gentleman and asked Bob to move and made me switch seats. So, we were sitting across from the lav. Now I was sitting in front of it... with a stranger.
5. The seat I was in couldn't recline because I had a wall behind me. Lucky for the guy in front of me, his seat reclined about 8 inches. Therefore, I had a headrest in my lap for most of the flight.
6. The airline had individual movies that I could choose from to watch, including Rango and The Green Hornet. I watched both of them. Well, I watched the first half of both of them. The "entertainment" system kept shorting out and would stop working for hours at a time. Also, when they dimmed the cabin, my chair light stopped working, so I couldn't even read.
I love my wife and kids. I miss them and look forward to seeing them in 12 days. I already have a gift for each of my kids.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Missing Daddy
Jeremy left today for his service trip to Brazil, where he will be working in a dental clinic for one week. With travel time and a little time for sightseeing, he will be gone a total of 12 days.
Our kids aren't new to having mommy and/or daddy gone for several days, but for some reason they are taking this time very hard - especially Becca. As we were driving home from the airport, I turned to look at Becca and saw that she was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said, "I don't want daddy to go". My heart broke. So, just minutes after we had dropped Jeremy off, I called him and asked if he could talk to Becca for a minute.
He told Becca that he would keep notes of his trip(like the ones from his trip to Hong Kong and Korea that he posted here not too long ago) and suggested that she do the same. So, tonight at bedtime I pulled out a notebook and told the kids to write at least one sentence about their day for daddy to read later.
Dear Dad,
I had a sad day since you left. I had a bad day at tennis.
Love,
Becca
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Dear Dad,
I am sad that you left. I had a good day. I miss you. Have fun in New York City and Brasil. Bye.
From: Isak
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Man, I love them!
Our kids aren't new to having mommy and/or daddy gone for several days, but for some reason they are taking this time very hard - especially Becca. As we were driving home from the airport, I turned to look at Becca and saw that she was crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said, "I don't want daddy to go". My heart broke. So, just minutes after we had dropped Jeremy off, I called him and asked if he could talk to Becca for a minute.
He told Becca that he would keep notes of his trip(like the ones from his trip to Hong Kong and Korea that he posted here not too long ago) and suggested that she do the same. So, tonight at bedtime I pulled out a notebook and told the kids to write at least one sentence about their day for daddy to read later.
Dear Dad,
I had a sad day since you left. I had a bad day at tennis.
Love,
Becca
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Dear Dad,
I am sad that you left. I had a good day. I miss you. Have fun in New York City and Brasil. Bye.
From: Isak
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Man, I love them!
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