We’re heading back to Vancouver soon.
Soon doesn’t feel quick enough when someone who occupies such a huge part of your heart and is so central to your life is in trouble health wise – but the day is finally here and we’re off. We’d hoped to visit Melissa during this trip as well – but sadly her passing came far sooner than we’d imagined (we lost her to cancer this week). There is this overwhelming need to be home with family right now, so much that the past couple of weeks have felt like months.
I’m a little apprehensive about how it will go with Thor and the 20 hour travel day, but some big breaths along the way and I’m sure it will be fine. It’s just one day isn’t it. Worst case – we’ll be those passengers, you know, the ones with the screaming baby that every fellow passenger hates. Considering all the screaming babies I’ve sat in front of, beside, and behind in the span of my travelling life to date – I figure I’ve got some credit on that front. But let’s not go there just yet. Thor doesn’t often cross over to the dark side – so there’s no reason to think he will when it’s our turn. Right?
Wrapping up the last of the to-do’s (baby strapped into the carrier) and nearly there.
- Book flights- Order bulkhead seats (SAS office closed!? Sweet Jesus I hope they’re available when we check in)
- Contact airlines regarding carry-on allowances with infant
- Double check travel insurance coverage-
Order and pay for Esta Visa for transfer via US
- Postpone appointment with sundhedsplejerske
- Purchase larger outdoor suit for Thor-
Test the Ergo Baby carrier (how long before Thor gets tired of it and throws a fit?)
- Attend open house at the day care center across the way (sign up deadline in a couple of weeks)-
Sign up Thor for day care (wait lists are long)
- Photograph frames wall as prep for upcoming photo project (the project that haunts me)
- Pack for myself and Thor
- Thoroughly clean entire apartment (who likes coming home to a grubby apartment, not me)
- Coffee with D and return borrowed books + magazines (forgot the books!)
- Pick up Matador Mix for Helena (and try not to eat it on the plane)
Honestly – this is the most productive I’ve been able to be since Thor came into the picture. I even managed to shave my legs, which is practically a miracle.
{Edit. Thor was an angel. He smiled or slept almost the entire way. As it turned it out, it wasn’t us, but the couple next to us on the long flight that were ‘those’ parents with the annoying child. At one point I looked over to find their kid sucking on Thor’s foot. Yikes}