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Bravery... on the fly.

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We are well above the clouds and about an hour and a half from Saigon.  Pho dinner is in our future and we even know the little shop we plan to pop into for that meal.  The day started 12 hours ago and we’ve been having a travel day, but that’s part of the fun.  Nothing direct was available at a good cost and since we used our miles to get us to Saigon, Da Nang, and then to our mystery location so we had to put the pieces together in a way that worked within those constraints.  All in all, not bad.  Today is the bad day as all of our other flights are direct and at better times of the day, but starting off on the early day and then the layover wasn’t that bad.  Queues in China were long, so we had to scramble to make the first flight Shanghai to Kunming, but from there to SGN, I managed to get a pic. We’re frickin’ adorable. I also found an empty row of two in the back, so I headed back and caught an hour nap.  That was nice.  Refreshing....
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Top Kiddo... That is my belief.

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J has been working this week, but Kiddo and I have been having some fun.   We needed to run some errands and get to IKEA, but that was easy enough and we got to go out and have some fun.   Kiddo got some play time, but the highlight of it was…. WE FOUND POPEYES! I can’t tell you about my love for Popeyes and their chicken, so that was a real treat.   It was also nice to share it with Kiddo…. While watching her CRUSH some chicken.   Speaking of food, J and I had some time alone while Kiddo was at H’s birthday party and we tried a new place that popped up recently around the corner from us.   A new noodle place.   Let me just say, this place was good .   Really good.   J and I tried a few things and shared and I don’t know what was better since it was all so dang good.   The broth, the noodles and their springy bite, the dumplings in a hot and sour soup that were filled with porky goodness; I want it all and I want it now. Kiddo has also been o...
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Getting loud

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For a long time I’ve worked very hard to keep focused on life and Kiddo and the adventure we’re on, but I can’t stay silent any longer. His name was Alex Pretti.    Her name was Renee Good. They were murdered. Don’t sanewash it.  Don’t pretend they “deserved” it.  Or “Just comply.”   NO! To everyone reading this who told us good luck and enjoy the adventure and who wished they had the skills or opportunities to come with or leave as well… We wish you all well.  We wish you safety.  We wish you were here with us.  We wish you the best. To everyone who told us that we were “over reacting” or that “Biden won, just calm down.”  F**K YOU! To those who hand waved their Trump friends or family members or spouses or people in their lives because they didn’t want to be uncomfortable or “lose a friend over something as silly as politics”…… F**K YOU! Also, we TOLD you.  We told you that Trump wouldn’t go away or be held accountabl...
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Oh the weather outside is frightful.....

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Finally…. Finally….. Break is here.  Not quite, not 100%, since J still needs to go in all next week for PD and Training and stuff like that, but for Kiddo it is here. The days before the break were filled with some last minute stuff and finalizing the year, but grades were done and already put in, so it was more turning in late work and doing all the end of quarter stuff.  Teachers know.  There was also a performance in Chinese Class and Kiddo was the leader for her class.  She got to get up and do the speaking parts with her teacher.  The other kids had a line or two here and there, but Kiddo had about a dozen lines.  Then, it was time for the dance, which again, Kiddo was right out front and center for.  I’m super proud of her…. Not just for the Chinese language skills, but also for the performing.  I hated stuff like that when I was her age and would purposefully tank myself so I could avoid doing that.  Kiddo loves it.  She gets n...
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