Yesterday was our designated day of departure for our trip home. The plan was to travel to London where we would visit my good friend Anne for a few days and then fly directly to New York where Glenn, Todd, Lauren and Graham would pick us up.
Instead we spent the day at Chanbari House while Grace recovered from a long night of the effects of food poisoning. At 6AM, after only 3 hours of sleep and with Grace laying on the floor of the bathroom, I realized this was not a moment to soldier on, but a moment to once again acknowledge that I am not in control and postpone the trip home.
Pintso was wonderful, he spent the morning rearranging our flights. We now have 3 extra days in Gangtok and will fly straight to the US (with a 6-hour layover in London) on Friday and Saturday. Although we haven't left the comfort of our temporary home yet, it still feels as if we are in a netherworld. Rebecca, our current house guest, left yesterday in the taxi we were supposed to take. There are teacher activities going on at school, but I am home taking care of Grace. Everyone in our larger circle thinks we have left for London but instead we are stuck here waiting for Grace to get better and waiting for the time to pass.
Once I got over the fact that we would have to go through the hassle of changing our flights, I thought I would feel fine about the situation given that Grace was starting t get better, but my level of disappointment at not starting our trip home was very high. Even though we get to go home a day early, staying here for 3 extra days is hard! I keep reminding myself that it is only time and this time will pass quickly, but clearly i am ready to head home! Corrina was very disappointed as well. We have been talking about eating western food for at least a week and although England is not known for its cuisine, we were looking forward to some good sausage and hearty breads.
The up side of this is that there is now time to do things that started to slip from my priorities list, like writing in the blog. So stay tuned, I am sure there are at least photos from Darjeeling to come!
Instead we spent the day at Chanbari House while Grace recovered from a long night of the effects of food poisoning. At 6AM, after only 3 hours of sleep and with Grace laying on the floor of the bathroom, I realized this was not a moment to soldier on, but a moment to once again acknowledge that I am not in control and postpone the trip home.
Pintso was wonderful, he spent the morning rearranging our flights. We now have 3 extra days in Gangtok and will fly straight to the US (with a 6-hour layover in London) on Friday and Saturday. Although we haven't left the comfort of our temporary home yet, it still feels as if we are in a netherworld. Rebecca, our current house guest, left yesterday in the taxi we were supposed to take. There are teacher activities going on at school, but I am home taking care of Grace. Everyone in our larger circle thinks we have left for London but instead we are stuck here waiting for Grace to get better and waiting for the time to pass.
Once I got over the fact that we would have to go through the hassle of changing our flights, I thought I would feel fine about the situation given that Grace was starting t get better, but my level of disappointment at not starting our trip home was very high. Even though we get to go home a day early, staying here for 3 extra days is hard! I keep reminding myself that it is only time and this time will pass quickly, but clearly i am ready to head home! Corrina was very disappointed as well. We have been talking about eating western food for at least a week and although England is not known for its cuisine, we were looking forward to some good sausage and hearty breads.
The up side of this is that there is now time to do things that started to slip from my priorities list, like writing in the blog. So stay tuned, I am sure there are at least photos from Darjeeling to come!
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