Well, we have had the first of many Christmas celebrations already. Due to our vacation plans, we decided to do most of our gift opening this past weekend. Then Santa is due to come early...on Friday while Liam is at school. Then we will no doubt have another celebration in Canada. I guess this way it will seem like Christmas for a whole month (can be good or bad...depending on your point of view). The kids enjoyed the first celebration, but Natalie has been sick and Liam had a sleepover on Friday, so they were both tired. Can't seem to keep Natalie well, with a congested cough and runny nose. I thought she was over it, but apparently the extreme temperature swings (40 degrees in 24 hrs) have been bad. I am hoping she doesn't have an ear infection, but if I look at the statistics...we are traveling soon, so she will most likely have an infection of some sort while we travel. It never fails.
In other news, we are still waiting for our next travel dates to meet Owen (did I mention we had decided on Owen as the new baby's name??). I would like to have dates before Christmas. But we wait patiently (ha). Jim doesn't seem to be holding any grudges towards me for being so quick to dump him. When we realized his Canadian visa was going to hold us up, I very quickly (and without Jim's full agreement) asked the agency to let me travel alone. In my defense, it was an adrenalin-fueled moment of maternal desperation. I just wanted to go on that trip NOW no matter what. They wouldn't let me travel alone (not because of the danger, but because it is when you officially accept the referral, and they feel the decision needs to be made by both of us), and in hindsight it is probably for the best. Of course, I want Jim to be there and fully make the decision with me.
I hope in the back of Jim's mind he doesn't wonder now if I would always be so quick to disown him. He can probably picture us going through customers some day, and if he gets into trouble, I'll say "What Canadian? I don't know any Canadian! Never seen the man!!" Just like a scene from a drug-smuggling gone-wrong movie. Speaking of which...we watched the movie TransSiberian this weekend. It was...interesting. It did NOT make Jim want to ride a train in Siberia. :-) I wouldn't exactly recommend it for anyone traveling to Russia. But it wasn't a bad movie.
3 comments:
Tracy,
I don't blame you for your reaction for wanting to go without Jim if that is what it took. One thing I left off my blog about getting into Russia is that I had a mistake on my visa. The visa said I was a male. The passport control person told me to go back. I then sent Ted ahead. I was nervous for myself when Ted was passed through the gate and I was still standing there just hoping to get through. But, at that point I just wanted one of us to get there.
Of course we would have had the same issue if I was sent back home or had to stay in the airport like that Tom Hanks movie, we both needed to meet our Owen before the proper paperwork could be signed. But, that didn't cross my mind.
As you can guess, they ended up sending me through with not even a slap on my wrist. But, be sure to check out your visa when you get it.
Carrie
On December 8th or thereabouts, I had an IM exchange with Jim where I told him whatever he does DO NOT to watch the movie Transsiberia. Aside from having to watch Woody Harrelson act, not exactly the travelogue you want to see before visiting.
Whodey,
Ted
Ah yes...that was the first mistake. I don't think he had much interest in watching it until he was told he shouldn't. Then he couldn't resist. :-)
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