We have arrived

We have arrived in India!  Finally.  It was a long journey getting here.  Literally and figuratively.  After 2 years of dreaming, hoping, praying, and stepping out in faith we have arrived at our destination.  And we are thrilled to be here.  The plane ride(s) was brutal.  The first leg is 13 hrs from DC, so, after 4 hours in the car we were ready to start the trip.  Did I mention that 2 out of 3 of our kids get motion sick?  Yep, it's not just for cars and boats apparently... There was so much vomiting.  keep in mind everyone is very concerned with Ebola and such, so I was terrified of getting put in quarantine.  The flight attendants kept asking me to fill out a form so they could contact a doctor in the states.  Um, no thanks.  The AC was broken on the flight.  There was straight heat pumping down onto my seat.  It was so bad, that the Indians on the flight complained about the heat.  It was so sweaty and uncomfortable.  Plus the vomiting kids, a tiny cramped plane for 13 hrs.  All I could think about was breaking a window to get some fresh air.  I figured the Air Marshall would understand.  When we landed in Abu Dhabi for our 2 hr layover, we realized that our late takeoff in DC only gave us a 20 minute layover.  So, yep, missed our flight.  We were so close, but still so far away.  I would have cried, but I was so dehydrated from the sauna flight that I didn't have any available liquid to spare.  Some wonderful man took pity on us (read: wanted my screaming kids out of his airport) and got us food vouchers (no Abu Dhabi money on us), a car service, and a hotel with breakfast buffet, and booked us on a flight for the next day.  We got to our hotel around 1:00 am UAE time.  I gave up trying to figure out American/Indian time at that point.  We tried to wash out our sweaty/vomity clothes in the bathroom, but our car was coming at 8:00 am, so it was a very short night.  Breakfast buffet was awesome.  Had some beef bacon (guys, don't waste your time.  it's NOT bacon!)  Made our flight, which was pretty uneventful.  Except the tv's were broken.  At least it was only 4 hours.  No barfing that go round.  Then we landed.  And it was glorious.  I'll have to tell you all about it...someday.