On Top of the World

Steve is literally on top of the world right now, at 31,000 feet. Flights on the Detroit to Hong Kong route go up and over the top, a shorter distance than going around the planet.

Eight hours of flying time left - and he's lucky, the same flight from yesterday was 16 hours late arriving! So far he's only 30 minutes late against scheduled arrival time.

I whispered in Lupo's ear this morning that "Papa will be home tonight" and his eyes fairly sparkled. Mine are sparkling too :)

Separation

Steve left this morning, for a two-week trip to his old home town, Lansing.

There is a sad dog at home, a sad cat at home and a sad wife at work, about to be a sad wife at home with the sad dog and sad cat.

But it's really all good once we all get past the 'missing him' aspect of this. He needs to have the opportunity to see his kids, his mother, sister, nieces, grandmother, etc. Plus, absence makes the heart grow fonder!

Oh, and the other plus for me is that although I love cooking, it gets tiring every night after a 12-hour day and so I'm bringing in the instant ramen big guns for the next 15 dinners ;)

Slurp...slurp...slurp