Maiden's Maiden Voyage

And what a doozy it has been. A 3hr flight to Boston with an overnight layover in Boston--5 hrs sleep. Didn't see any of the city. Rushed to airport to stand in a hopelessly long line. OK because flight was delayed. But bad because we missed our next flight to Greece from London. So we had another unexpected overnight layover. Lugging luggage, unsleeping on airport furniture, moving from desk to desk to rebook flights/hotel arrangements, airline food, too little sleep and now jetlag. But Ellery is game.

She chooses to wear her cute outfit for London, but since it takes an hour to and from the Eye, we only have a hour to ride it and it's a 40min ride. No time for walking. We run through the hotel passageway to Terminal4, Express to Terminal 2, Underground to Waterloo station and hoof it to the Eye--then all of it backwards--and watermelon flip flops give grand blisters.

The view was incredible. She wants to be a pilot and live here. At this point she is getting sniffles from cold airplanes and hot outsides. Soren's fever blisters from scout camp are arriving.

So tired, but I wasn't going to miss this. Without this view, we would have gone 3days without seeing the sun. No wonder Jonah said he'd go back to Ninevah. Three days in transportation's belly is enough to make someone do anything to get out.

Another 3 1/2 hours to Greece. Three full days of traveling with 5hr sleeps inbetween. Jetlag is our companion now, both kids have colds. I can't see straight from exhaustion. What am I doing?