Thursday, August 19, 2010

Tickets bought!

Wow.  We are really going!  We will be flying out of our regional airport (10 minutes from our house!) on Saturday, September 4.  Even though the layovers are less than ideal (two 3-hour layovers on the way there, and one that's 5 hours on the return flight), the convenience of flying in/out of our local airport and how the ticket prices were significantly cheaper than Jacksonville will hopefully be worth it!  I'm pretty sure most RR families use Golden Rule, and Eldon seems to be the "agent of choice" and he's been great so far :-)   I priced the exact same flights online and they were about $200 more elsewhere!

I'm not so nervous to fly (though I hate the take-offs, turbulence, and flying over vast areas of water like any normal person), I am nervous to be away from my boys for so long and so far away.  This is so out of my comfort zone!  I am taking them to the opposite coast of the country which means they'll be that much farther away from me!!  I know God is in control and I know that we are in His hands, but I still let that human nature get the best of me at times.  I know they'll be totally fine and have a great time, so I'm not really worried about them, I'm worried how I'll do without my daily doses of snuggles and "I love yous" from my boys!  But I remind myself that Darya has been away from her family for over 2 years!  I cannot wait to hold my baby girl!! **sigh**

6 comments:

  1. Just have Joel give you the snuggles and I love yous! You'll do great!!!

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  2. AAAHHHHHHH!! This is really happening for us! I'm absolutely terrified of being away from my boys for so long. We've never left them, which our own fault, and I know it will be good for both of us.
    Some days I'm terrified of flying, thinking totally irrational things. And other days I'm super excited to go and not worried about anything. Its nice to know everyone has these same feelings!

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  3. This is great news Marianne! I have to admit that I am thrilled that you all are flying out of Gainesville. I really wanted to film your return with Darya and I think it will be possible now! :-) Those dates I was telling you about are September 15-17 and 22-24. Again, if you need us, please don't hesitate to let us know. We'll work it out :-)! Love, S.

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  4. I was nervous about flying too... But you know those big birds are safer than cars. If you can, bring your laptops and use Skype to call home to another computer there. If you set up video (webcams) you can see each other. It really helps with the missing each other. The kids get so excited to "see" us and I love seeing them and chatting with them.

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  5. so happy for you my friend ! We too (i think) will be flying out of a small airport, orlando seems to be better then Tampa. can you believe we are SO CLOSE??

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  6. Get that skyping ready!! That saved us from getting to homesick from our kids. Every night at 6.oo we could call. It would be 11.oo here in the morning. We just new to be on at that time. I would look forward to that time to see all my kids back at home. It will help you out a lot

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