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The Pringle Fairy

Friday, June 26th, 2009 | Connecting the Dots

If asked, I can state with confidence that the maximum number of days one family should spend pretty much cooped up a room together is…6. Not seven. Seven seems to be just that much too much.

But we are getting there. They just took our temperature for the last time. We just had our temperatures taken for the last time. We ate our last lunch. We filled out a form that even had a box for “comments about our stay”.

And Sam was the Pringle Fairy. After lunch, we walked the halls, choosing rooms with more than one lunch tray outside and where we thought we could hear kids’ voices. Then we chose a hiding place, and Sam ran up, left a can of Pringles, knocked hard, and booked.

I imagine there are some pretty mystified quarantinees out there right now.

Rob is back at the Grand Hyatt. We leave at 6:30 tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, we’ll celebrate Sam’s birthday. Sunday, we’ll see the Great Wall and fly to Fuzhou. Monday we meet Rory. Knock on wood, we’re back on track.

Related posts:

1. Best Pool in Beijing
2. How it all works
3. Fairy Tales
4. It’s a very scenic hotel
5. And…We’re Off.

Tags: "china adoption", quarantine, Travel to China!, travel with kids

3 Comments to The Pringle Fairy

Misty
Friday, June 26, 2009

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE ROB FOUND SOME EDIBLE FOOD TONIGHT!!!!!! Only ONE MORE SLEEP until FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!! Now we return to our regularly scheduled programming…the REAL reason why you are there in the first place…little Miss Rory! Let’s get this show on the road….. HOOOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jennifer
Friday, June 26, 2009

I am SO happy to hear this ordeal is coming to an end!!! You have shown such grace through all of this! Fuzhou, here you come!!!!

Fuzhoumommy (RQ)

Patricia
Friday, June 26, 2009

Wow, you have no idea how many people have been thinking of you and wishing you the best. You are an inspiration to us all and I am so pleased that you will meet Rory soon. Best of luck on the rest of your trip, take care of yourselves and come home safely.