Big day

Today is a big day for our household; we meet our son for the first time in about 3 hours!

I really wish I could have got more sleep in the last 48 hours; I think my total is maybe about 4 hours. Oh well that's what coffee is for, right?

On the flight over I didn't get any sleep in, but I did watch a couple of good movies: The Lincoln Lawyer and Rio. I had seen where Rio had ties to Moose Lake, MN so I had to watch it, and would give it a high rating.

Last night we tried to find some quick food before trying to fall asleep and we tried to order a bulgogi pizza but wound up with a simple 'American' combo pizza due to a kitchen messup... oh well, we were so hungry it did't matter much.

I'm a new blogger so I may have gotten to excited about being able to publish whatever I want when I want yesterday when I said that I'd touch on some cultural differences about Korea.  That post will still come but it's a couple down the road.

Travel Day

RST > ORD > ICN Let the day of travel begin.  Rochester airport in MN is a great way to begin the flight. No lines, friendly service from American Airlines agent and a nice clean restroom!
Despite a bit of confusion at the ticket counter (Jae was already listed on our itinerary even though we're about 37 hours away from seeing him for the first time) the friendly agent took care of it with a smile.
Now on to O'Hare before a 13 plus flight to South Korea.
Next I'll go over some cultural differences between Koreans and Americans.

Ready to go?

All my bags are packed.  But am I ready to go?

Sure what the heck... It's only the longest flight that I've ever been on. That's a big deal in and of itself.  I mean a visit to a new continent is pretty cool.  However, there's a much bigger thing happening than just the trip itself.  I'll meet my son for the first time and bring him home on.  I've described this as a last minute vacation where I'll be bringing home a life changing souvineer.  While the later is true (although Jae's more than a souvineer), the former doesn't feel like a great description.

The nerves about this trip are hard to describe.  Will Jae recognize my wife and I from pictures?  Will Jae be able to relate that those two people in a small 4"x6" picture are actually life size people just like his foster family that has been taken care of him for over a year? 

When will be be able to "keep" him for good? Just before the flight? Or on Friday before the flight, giving us a whole three days to get acquianted before the flight back home?  TBD...

I'm really excited for this next part in my life.