It is amazing what 10 hours of sleep can do for a person. I actually feel human today! When Bryant laid down, Jeff and I crashed. It was only 8:00, and I tried to read in order to stay up until 8:30. I think I read maybe one whole sentence. I don't think I have ever been that tired in my life. We slept hard until almost 6 this morning. I probably could have kept going, but I don't think the baby would have understood.


We still don't have our luggage. But the current situation seems to be that someone from the church is heading to the airport to get all of ours that are there, so hopefully I'll be hearing from them pretty soon that our bags have arrived. My mom called earlier and said that United's computer system was down today and that their entire fleet worldwide was shut down. Shocking. Thankfully, our people that are still in Hong Kong are flying Continental, and I don't think they're leaving until tonight.

I was supposed to get my big kids back today. I'm sure they are just torn up about me being away from them two weeks. I thought we might even need to go for a counseling session, just to be sure that they were emotionally healthy and secure. I called my sister-in-law to tell her I was ready and see if I could go ahead an come on, even though it was about 30 minutes before we agreed to meet. She said, "Oh, well, actually... I was wondering if they could stay an extra day."

While this makes me really quite happy because if they were misbehaving and driving her crazy, I'm sure she wouldn't be asking for more. They hardly ever get to visit with their Uncle Marc, Aunt Gigi and Carrie Beth, so I'm really glad they've had a nice stay. But I am definitely ready to see my kids! But this does give me one more day to rest a little bit before driving back and forth to and from Chattanooga, and that's probably a good thing.

Bradley was so funny when I talked to him this morning. Gena told me that when she asked him if he would like to stay one more day, he said, "Yes, I would. But after that, it's time to go home." Apparently there is a threshold somewhere. When I talked to him, he told me that he had a dream last night and Bryant was in it. He (Bradley) was sitting in the corner of a room, and Bryant walked up to him and said, "Silver and jewels are worthless next to me." Even if he's not torn up over missing me, I think he's definitely ready to see his baby bro.

Silver and jewels vs. the love of your children. No contest.