10 days early? I'll take it!

[wayfaringwordhack]

So, we have finally succeeded in changing the flights for the Sprout and me.  Good news: We will be leaving 30 Aug instead of 9 Sept.  Bad news: J still has to work and must stay behind until the 9th.

However, I'm much more comfortable with us (read S and her pop) being apart for 10 days instead of 2 months,* which was my big concern with leaving back at the beginning of July. I would have happily left tomorrow, even, but everything is booked solid until the 28th, and the 30th was the first flight J's contact could get us out on.  Just 9 days more, 9 days more...

Curfew is still in effect here from 7pm-6am, and our flight is at 6:35, meaning we'll have to break curfew in order to check-in on time.  The lady who changed our tickets said, however, that with our passports and tickets in hand, we should have no troubles.

To which J cheerfully said, "If the police don't just shoot at us first."

Ha. Ha.

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* he works 24hr+ shifts at the moment, and already she wants to know where he is and why he isn't able to be home with us.  If (when) J goes back to the CRS and 3wk-deployments, she is going to be one unhappy kid. :(

Comments

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Sending good thoughts your way...

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

I will keep you in my thoughts and wish you and S an uneventful trip to France followed by a happy reunion with J ten days later.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I can only join khiemtran in sending the good thoughts, and prayers. I do hope J stays safe and I look forward to his reuniting with you on the 9th. Hope S is feeling better soon.

[msisolak.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you all are returning to France. I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're getting away sooner. I'm sorry J can't go with you.

Sending lots of good and safe thoughts for you and the Sprout. Many safe thoughts for J until he gets out, too.

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking of you all and sending good thoughts your way.
More good thoughts and safety to you, J and S.

[luna-e.livejournal.com]

Oh so many good thoughts coming your way, for the three of you and all the sadness of the conflicted nation.

P.S. She's your girl - she will adapt resiliently whatever the case :) Of course she may be sad for a bit, but I believe she will overcome it just as you would. All of life is filled with compromises, even for our beloved little ones.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

Thinking of you guys and wishing you safety and freedom from fear. I hope S adjusts to the separation alright. Like your other friends I think she will be in fine shape with you as her example. Best thoughts to all of you.

[sunflower-sky.livejournal.com]

Wear a hijab? (I seriously considered doing so during a recent upsurge of rock attacks, but never did...)

Glad to hear things are working out. Good luck and stay safe <3

[sunflower-sky.livejournal.com]

Actually, come to think of it, if it's the police you're worried about, wearing a hijab is the exact opposite if what you should do...

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

LOL. Yeah, I was just crafting a reply to that. It is definitely better to appear as "European" as possible right now...at least in the eyes of the authorities.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you, m'dear. I've already started preparing her for the fact that Papa is not coming with us just yet. Good thing Skype exists!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear one. There will be plenty of GOOD distractions in France to keep her mind occupied and happy...and yeah, there is always Skype, which is great for keeping in touch.

How is your little family doing?

Keep 'em coming'

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

We appreciate all those good thoughts! :D

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for those thoughts. They mean a lot to us.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I'm really, really, really happy to be going back, too, even if it is only for a month. We really need the break.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear. I was telling J today that I will not worry as much about him now that I have lived through the last 1.5+months of violence here with him. I know firsthand that the images on the TV are not "our reality." Still, it is going to be worrisome having him here all alone.

Sadly, S is still not better. If the fever isn't gone tomorrow (it will be day 4), I'm going to call a dr. Poor mite. She busted her chin while you were in Timor-Leste and had to be put under to get stitches. A night in the hospital, etc. etc. No, we have not been having a good time of it. So ready for this break...

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Those are exactly the kinds of thoughts and wishes we need. Thank you!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

thank you, thank you!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

And then as J says, with the US and France (and other countries) being so vocal in their denunciation of the military's recent tactics, it isn't really good to appear to be from those places either... :P

Damned if you do, damned if you don't!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, general anaesthesia and stitches on top of everything else. Poor kid--and poor you! A note for S below:

Dear S, let's marshall your body's internal warriors to fight off whatever bug is making you feverish! Here, I am drawing you some provisions, good food and drink for all your warriors. Now they can drive that fever back out to the hot desert, where it can stay. You get strong and well so your mother and father won't worry about you, and so you can play and feel bouncy.

picture here (for name privacy)

[nipernaadiagain.livejournal.com]

I have been thinking of your family often lately.

Not just when reading news, but also every time I see an earwig ...

[coffeesvp.livejournal.com]

I wish your daughter good health. I hope France gives your rest.
(I was thinking of your magnificent donkeys. There are many here but they are difficult to photograph because they are on private land. I hope to have the opportunity.)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and rest is exactly what I am hoping for.

I hope you get your donkey photo opportunity. :D

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I keep thinking of you and the postcard I want to send you, but I don't want to go to the post office here!

(Hooray for earwigs bringing us together. LOL)

A thousand hugs

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

You are such a doll!

I'm ashamed to admit that I was so scatterbrained and blah today that I totally forgot to show this to S. I'm sure it helped, though, because she was better today, and I didn't have to take her to the doctor's office.

Re: A thousand hugs

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

*so* glad, and relieved, to hear it. Hope she continues stronger and stronger.

[melinda-goodin.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking of and worrying about you. I hope you all stay safe and well and can get respite from all the tension.

[me-1956.livejournal.com]

We dont watch much news now that we have moved but i did here about the further uprisings. Glad you cold get an earlier flight. Enjoy Your rest and give everyone if France ugs and kisses from us.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Well the news might scare you. :P We are reallllllllly looking forward to France!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

We appreciate the thoughts, Melinda. *hugs*