Not The Best of Times

I was planning on a blog post this weekend about my daughter and picking her up from the airport. This morning we were planning to drive to JFK to be there when her plane was scheduled to arrive at 1:15. Last night we received word that she had missed her flight. All went well from Xiamen (where she's been since August) to Shanghai; but, then she could go no further. Because of this:

Shortly after Courtenay arrived in China, her interest in this little girl took off at a rapid pace. She adopted her as quickly as she could. Bindi was just a little thing when she brought her "home" to her apartment.

Since then, she's been part of Courtenay's China experience. Now, we aren't a family that's naive about traveling in China; Courtenay checked with the airport at Shanghai no less than 6 times to see if she needed to do anything further to take Bindi on the plane. She had one of her teachers speak to people at the airport as well, just in case she wasn't understanding their Chinese or they weren't understanding her English. They assured her that she was all set, or however they say that in China.

Anyway, this morning, rather than driving to the airport, we are waiting to hear when these two girls will be catching a plane. I just hope it's soon!
So, not the best of times. But Courtenay is safe and folks at the airport thought she'd only be delayed a day. I have no idea what this will mean financially but we'll deal with that when the time comes.

Hope your Sunday is much more relaxing than mine,
D.