This was the last day in the country of our birth for 11 months. The whole trip is so surreal to me, yet there are moments of realization of the gravity of it all...like waiting in the airport terminal with hundreds of people, most of whom are on their way back to China. And then there were my mother's tears...I cannot think about them for too long or I will start crying myself.
We are now almost (ha!) 3 hours into or 12 hour flight to Beijing. From Beijing- *cough* - after our 5 hour layover- we take our short hop of a flight to Yantai. I keep wondering if I will be able to sleep that morning (arrival at 12:15 am, local time). 15 hours ahead we will be.
I am becoming so sleepy right now, as seem the rest of my fellow passengers. Before I doze off again (hopefully no drool this time) I really want to check out the window again. After our first meal, the flight attendants made everyone close their window shades and dimmed the lights. According to the flight map updates, we should be off the coast of Alaska! I wonder what that looks like? Don't want to wake up the others though...we are chasing the sun and light may be too offensive for my snoozing flight companions.
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