Beijing at Last

Ni hao! After about 20 hrs of flights, I'm glad to say I'm in Beijing at last! Well, north of it technically. I really didn't get to see the city as the airport's on the edge and the Home is about 30 minutes farther north. But I'll tell ya', the "country" driving scared me just the same. They do have stoplights, but lanes seem to veer and merge without rhyme or reason. I think passing happens on whichever side you care to, whether 2 lane or three. At 10 pm there were riders on mopeds on the highway - with no lights. Groups of people walking along the road, perhaps just getting off work.

I could probably spend a full hour just complaining about the trip, and believe me, I had it mapped out in my head just last night when, once again, sleep eluded me. Between the time change and the meds my doctor put me on to get rid of this sinus thing, I haven't gotten more than 2-4 hours of sleep a night. I feel all out of sync. But my grumbly, tired heart melted when I came down the stairs this morning to a cheerful wave and call of "hewwo, goo' mownin'" from one of the faces I've most been wanting to see - little 2 1/2 yr old Benjamin.

I had hoped to send a lengthier post tonight but I'm dead tired and this computer is slow. The cacophony of Chinese language and crying babies at 5 am doesn't help either.

But I'll leave you with a pic of my two favorite guys. I finally met Justin, the boy my boyfriend and I sponsor and receive updates on. He and Benjamin are best friends, and great little comedians. They were all over me! I think I wreaked havoc with their nannies. But we had a great time playing (climbing on Jill), disobeying (grabbing Jill's glasses, camera bag, camera, etc), and going to preschool. On to more babies tomorrow!

(Justin in back, Benjamin in front)