March 31, 2009....We bought airline tickets today!

We received confirmation of our AIT appointment this morning and immediately made plans to buy airline tickets! David took the day off work and we drove to Kadena to the travel office. We were very surprised to find out that almost every flight was already booked full. Luckily, we had a wonderful travel agent helping us and she finally found seats for us. We're flying to Taiwan on April 26th at 11:45am and will come home on May 1st at 10:45am. We wanted to come home on the 30th, but all the flights were already full. We had NO IDEA so many Japanese citizens visit Taiwan, but it's a short flight from here, so it's a popular place to visit during "Golden Week." Apparently, we're traveling during the busiest season of the entire year because all businesses and schools are closed for the celebration of Golden Week and families in Japan and Okinawa take their annual vacation. We were very fortunate to get a flight!

While we were at the travel agency, I suddenly became very nervous.... We were buying airline tickets and it hit me when we purchased a one way ticket for Mika to come home.....we're going as a family of three and coming back as 4! I had to walk outside for a moment to catch my breath and compose myself. Luckily, David was very calm and showed a picture of Mika to the travel agent and explained why we're so excited. I had some serious butterflies in my tummy all of a sudden!! We have our tickets and everything's set and ready to go. We'll be home with Mika on May 1st and our new life together will begin!