We get out of our apartment as scheduled. A taxi is waiting and we arrive at the airport with time to spare. We check our bags, get our boarding passes, and begin the long trek to the international departures gate, immigration, and security. The plane departs on schedule and due to a huge tailwind, we get to San Francisco an hour ahead of schedule. Judy is sitting next to a guy on the plane who “knows everything and complains about all of it”. He even whines about arriving early and having to kill time before his next flight. He must have never missed a connection due to weather, etc.

Our layover in SanFran isn’t too long, and our Global Entry clearance gets us through immigration really fast. It’s a four-hour flight. We get our bags, recheck them, work our way through security again (TSA-Pre is helpful), and find our gate. The departure is delayed due to a late arriving plane, but we eventually get away.

Courtney meets us at the DFW airport, delivering us to a Rosa’s Café, where Brad and Glenda meet us. We have a fun reunion catching up on a few things and making plans for the next week over dinner. Brad takes Courtney back to Dallas. We take the car and drive to our hotel in West Fort Worth. We have two days in our hotel before the movers arrive with our stuff and we begin to move into our new Museum Place condo. Two more days and we’ll be back on our own bed and sitting on our own furniture. It’s going to be a great 2 ½ weeks here and in Baton Rouge, catching up with all our families.

I’m going to take a short hiatus from writing, but I’ll get back at it when we head back to Beijing. I may even have a moving story or two.