Phew!

Phew! They are back! Plane landed at 11:00 PM last night. They looked wonderful and had the best experience. (With the exception of their Garmin GPS being boosted in Paris. From a backpack in a locked room. Likely staff. Asshole.)

Now that they are safely back we are SO glad we said YES. I will not lie, we were very anxious but they handled themselves, and any problems that cropped up along the way, beautifully.

I imagine Precious Oldest will sleep quite a bit of the day, but I hope to share stories and pictures soon. And as an added note, thanks for all your good wishes and support. Parenting is a team sport and having my bleeps on my side means the world!

More Notes from Abroad

To: Fannie@work
From: Precious Oldest@Yahoo
Sent: Wed 05/27/09 03:18 PM
Subject: Hey!

Hey, Mama.

I'm in Galway right now (YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO "GALWAY GIRL" AS YOU READ THIS) and it's lovely. The 7th leg of the Volvo Ocean Race is here right now (we did that on accident) so everything is lively and busy and colorful and amazing. Renee Friend and I have not killed each other yet, though I'll admit, we've come close a couple of times. But, overall, a successful first week. We leave for Limerick tomorrow, which I'm totally stoked about. We'll have our own room for the first time! Whee!

Speaking of pubs... that's where I'm headed currently, to The King's Head. Loads of young kids, horrendously loud music, the whole shebang. It's fantastic. Don't you worry your head, now; Renee friend and I are being "mature, responsible adults" for the most part. =]

Anyway, I sent you a postcard. Hope it actually gets thereeeee. Let me know.

Missing you. Hope all is well!

Day One

You guys are the BEST! Thanks for all the encouraging words. The only real way to deal with this is to repeat theywillbefinetheywillbefinetheywillbefine over and over and over!

We knew first thing this morning that they had safely arrived because of the following on-line evidence:

• ATM withdrawal at Heathrow
• Purchase of tube ticket
• Payment at local hostel

Just follow the money trail!

Then this afternoon I got the following e-mail:

From: Precious Oldest@yahoo.com
To: Fannie@work.com
Sent: Wed 5/20/09
Subject: HELLO FROM LONDON!!!!!

Ohhhhh boy. Renee and I are fighting the jet lag real bad. The hostel is lovely, our flight was grand, and our feet are TIRED, but we had a good first day. We took a walking tour of all the creepy parts of London (Jack the Ripper... OOOO. SCARY) and figured out the tube... an eventful day, to be sure. It's after dinner here, and we're going to bathe (finally) and figure out what we're doing tomorrow. Hooray!

Love you and miss you!

So far so good wouldn’t you say?