Last 3 weeks in the states
/We were supposed to fly here on Thursday the 25th, but after one of our boys had a false positive Covid test (later confirmed as a false positive with another PCR test and antibody testing), we were delayed until Saturday the 3rd. Initially, the news of the positive covid test and subsequent cancellation of flights felt like whip-lash. The bags were all loaded into our van, we’d said many goodbyes and we were ready to rip the bandaid off the next morning. After sitting in shock for an hour or so and after the logistics of flight changes were all ironed out, we settled back in for another 10 days in the states. Let me tell you, what a GIFT from the Lord those extra days were. With the hard work of loading, strapping, labeling and weighing every one of our 25 checked bags and squaring away all our carry-on luggage, there was very little left to do. We hit the ground running checking all the fun things off the list we could think of to do - things we’d hoped to do in our two weeks at home after our training in Virginia, but hadn’t been able to do because of the scramble to get ready. We got extra time with our dear friends and had the house to ourselves as Rob and Lyn had planned a weekend trip to see her family. We cooked fun foods we love (many of which are very hard to find and very expensive here), watched movies, went to movies, got ice cream, enjoyed our last springtime season for a long while, and soaked many an evening away in the hot tub. The week was more needed than we knew and we finally felt rested and rejuvenated, for the first time in months, by the time our new flight rolled around last Saturday. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, and since I was remiss in writing as we were living those three weeks at home and have forgotten many details, here are some memories from our time.
