Pick Up Day

This afternoon at two o'clock, which is about one o'clock in the morning Eastern Daylight Time, we pick up Gunner for good. We will then enter "survival mode." We plan to give him some time to introduce himself to his new siblings and have some playtime. Then tonight, when it's time to sleep, we expect the novelty of it all to wear off and for panic to set in. We have a shift-plan in place for walking him up and down the less-inhabited halls of our hotel, giving him time to cry himself to sleep, while allowing his brother and sister a peaceful night's rest. Hopefully he will fall asleep no later than eleven o'clock so we can all be up by seven to pack our bags for a very long day:

• hour-and-a-half bus ride to the airport 
• two hour flight to Tokyo two hour layover in Tokyo 
• fourteen hour (or whatever) flight to New York City 
• eat breakfast no matter what time it is 
• four hour drive back home 
• crash 

If you happen to see us in the next few days, don't expect us to look rested.