Takeoff...

It's 1:46am and the parental units are mad as hell I didn't start packing earlier. Seeing as how San Jose is maybe the farthest she's trekked from our apartment since... well, the last decade or so, it's actually a wonder she's not even more hyped up. Right now, I'm looking at two heavy pieces of luggage, one which technically isn't even mine and is currently five pounds over the limit. I am the carrier of goodwill gifts for the rest of the family, and I really don't understand why I need to be burdened with a gazillion pounds of fruit-rollups and hershey's kisses for a bunch of kids that don't even like me that much and only know how to exploit me for sugar.

So here's a rundown of my trip Itinerary:

Friday, June 5th
10am--Depart home, make it to the airport by 10:40.
10:45am-- check in
11:00am-- finish checking in, brood at airport wondering why we're this early.
12:00pm-- enter gate, say my goodbyes.
12:10pm-- take a seat, sit in boredom for the next two hours.
1:15pm-- board plane, Cathay Pacific SFO to HK
1:55pm-- Takeoff!

Saturday/Sunday? June 6th
7:55pm-- Welcome to Hong Kong!
10:00pm-- Exit Hong Kong, welcome to China! Hello Shenzhen!
1:00am-- Hello Guangdong, welcome home! Kinda... sorta... it's Dad's home... by association, my home.

June 6th to June 12th--
Sit around bored, read, sleep, constantly brought to the nearest steakhouse (I don't even like red meat that much!) because all Americans like steak, cry my eyes out when they try to kill the chicken in the yard for dinner, name said chicken Clucky, freak out when Clucky flies into the living room as we're having dinner, have a near mental breakdown when I realize the plumbing still doesn't work, act crazy paranoid over the SARS carrying mosquitoes and wear jeans wherever I am, breathe in deet from insect repellent over the week because I'm paranoid about mosquitoes and develop a nasty cough, starve to near death if it wasn't for my stash of junk food which I can only pull out late at night when the kids are all asleep less they take it from me and leave me starving, nearly die from internet and Facebook deprivation.

June 12th--
Sometime in the morning-- Goodbye Guangdong, HELLO BEIJING!!!!!!!

So if you lost the message, I'm likely going to be without internet for the next week and a half or so... updates when I'm back up and running!