The hand of the Lord was upon us when we got to the Seoul airport -- there's no two ways about it. The friendly United agent said, "today you get a free upgrade to business class." We still can't come up with any reason for it -- we just know it was exactly what Jim needed to recuperate from his cream cheese laxative/ ipecac misfortune. The bummer of the deal was that the upgrade was for the flight from Seoul to Tokyo, and not the flight from Tokyo to Chicago. But we were soaking in luxury for those two hours, baby. To the point that we really didn't even want to get off the plane when we landed.
So being home with that whole big thing behind me should leave me just serene and blissful.
You'd think.
But because this is me, I've got four or seven things just waiting in the wings -- ready to slip right into the role of The New Big Stresser.
Vying for the title currently are:
- putting away the last remnants of the Christmas plates, cups and such. I've been telling myself that the snowmen can stay up since it's still winter, but I really can't make a case for the red and green Waechtersbach mugs with the Santas and Christmas trees on them. I suppose I could pretend that we're waiting until the lunar new year, like they do in Korea.
- trying to get caught up on all the blogs I missed this past week. I am in pretty severe Pioneer Woman withdrawal right about now, but it's overwhelming thinking about how long it would take me to get up to date on her, Big Mama and Boo Mama.
- The Scrapbook. Which I've been shoving to the back burner since fall. First it was football season that I had to get past, then the holidays, then the marriage seminar, and now.....
- Our newest grandbaby, who is permitted to come any time now, just as soon as the baby clothes are washed, which makes me think of...
- the mountains of laundry that are decorating my usually meticulous laundry room.
5 comments:
Hang in there! One thing at at time, deep breath all that good stuff. The only thing you need to do is what God wants you to do TODAY.
So glad God gave you the special treat of first class. Okay, not sure why I'm even typing this morning. I have two children I need to get out of bed, 4 to feed, lunches to make and we need to leave in 15 minutes. HELLO!
but I'm so glad that instead of taking actual measures to counteract any of these worries, you're instead blogging about it! :)
Glad you got home safely. Bit by bit, I'm sure you'll dig out from under the piles!
Ruth, you're not gonna believe this but when I knew you were flying back to the US, I asked God to upgrade you and Jim to at least Business Class - I just didn't specify which leg of the trip ... actually I was thinking the entire trip but I guess one needs to be more specific when making these requests. I got goosebumps when I read this blog!
About Sundance ... while we didn't see Neville, I did call him. Told him we had extra room at the condo and then left it up to him. Guess we're a couple of ol' fuddy duddies 'cuz he never called. Brandon C. will be back in PC this coming weekend and I know he connected with Neville, so maybe they'll get together.
I hear our men are meeting today - I really appreciate Jim taking the time to talk military with Jordan and Mike.
glad you're back safe and sound. See...it wasn't THAT bad.
Thanks again for taking the time to make the trip. I am sharing your laundry pain. Our Korean washer/dryer all-in-one machine takes about 6-8 hours per load from washing to dry. Laundry is an ever going process in our house, and it is worse after vacation.
So glad you got the upgrade. God is good!
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