Boy are we all happy to be done with air travel for a while!! The canceled flight put us on a redeye to Seattle, and Iris spent the first half of the flight totally wired by all of the activity going on....all the different people having conversations and watching their movies, the food service, etc. When she finally calmed down we all discovered that there was no way to make her comfortable enough for sleep. We each spent much of the flight carrying her around the plane, so of course we didn't get to sleep either!
Some of Iris' immigration information had reached Seattle before we did, and so we went through customs very efficiently. Iris became a U.S. citizen yesterday. We arrived in Pullman exhausted and frazzled, but very happy to be home (even though one of our bags didn't make it). We are grateful to John Peltz for relaying our delay to Rufus, and grateful to Rufus for picking us up! Rufus was the first of our friends to meet Iris, and the first thing Iris said to him was, "goo!" We also thank Judy for taking care of the cats and the house, all of which were in great shape when we returned. Finally, to whoever made the banner welcoming Iris.... thanks very much, it was the perfect sight for three pairs of weary eyes.
We all slept well and for a nice long time and are enjoying our first day at home. No appointments with officials, no buses, and no planes!
Deb
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