Happily Home

We arrived home yesterday (Friday) morning via Hong Kong and Tokyo. I am not the most calm airline passenger and just about freaked out during an initial hour of turbulence leaving Tokyo when the pilot announced this was his last flight! He went on to say he was retiring, but the damage was done. Dave and I are both a little under the weather, he has a sore throat with congestion and I have a sick stomach with slight fever. We are so happy to be home!

Gage is doing beautifully. He seems very happy with everything here and is settling into his new home and neighborhood. Before we knew it, he had unpacked his suitcase and put everything nicely folded into his new dresser. He slept until noon today which we thought was a good thing. He is so happy with our pets, but they are less than thrilled with him so far. When we first got home, the dog was naturally excited to see us and was barking away. Gage kept yelling, "Oh, no!" He just told me via our electronic translator that he wants a dog. I asked if he meant another dog besides Missy and he said "yes." That is not going to happen anytime soon. A little while ago, I found one of the cats in his top dresser drawer!

Last night there was a block party in our cul de sac for Halloween so he was able to meet most of the neighbors. The timing was bad since we just got home yesterday, but he seemed pleased to see that some of our neighbors speak Mandarin. He didn't go trick or treating, but did a nice job of handing out candy at the door.

That's all for now.Thank you for following us on this remarkable journey. We will continue to post for those of you who are interested in how things are going now that we are home. Love from all of us.