Moving to Warsaw, Poland

After months of planning, preparation, and a three day pack out, we left the United States and made it to Poland on Thursday afternoon/Thursday morning . It was difficult saying good-bye especially for my mother. Thing 1 was very sad to say goodbye to his grandmother, aunt and uncle and his cousin. We had lots of talks about feeling happy and sad at the same time and how missing people we love is normal. He became anxious and developed a rash for which he was given some Atarax both to treat the rash and calm him down. I only needed to use it that first day because once we got going he seemed to be fine.

It was a long, but uneventful trip although it took us nearly 2 ½ hours to check in and get through security in the United States. We literally went through security and went straight to the gate to board our flight.  It was great since the overnight flight allowed both kids to sleep. Thing 1 slept from the beginning of the flight to the end. Thing 2 woke up sporadically throughout the night. She was very excited throughout the trip and traveled better than she did back in August.

The worst that happened was that we left Thing 1’s DVD player with all his favorite movies on board our first flight. Luckily, United Airlines tracked it down and are mailing it to my mother as I write so she can ship it back to us. Thing 1 has no idea that this occurred because he has been keeping very busy playing all over his new home and watching his favorite TV shows that I taped over the last two months while he was at school. Don’t ask, don’t tell policy if you ask me. Hopefully, I will get it back before he even asks.