Day 16 Thirty Seven Hours of Friday

Well, we made it home and thanks to the peculiarities of times zones and the International Date Line, this Friday was 37 hours long. We traveled for 23 of those and finally made it home. Mmmmm – a shower and our own beds!

Sarah is, of course, afraid of everything. She’s never seen dogs or cats up close, never had this much room to roam in, etc. Throw that on top of two plane flights, riding in a car seat, not enough sleep and all of the trauma of the trip and you can see why. When she first came to us, she was scared for days before she started to relax, and even after 10 days she would still grind her teeth when she felt stressed. At least with this change, she has calmed down and is drinking a bottle an hour after we got home. She’s smiling and talking, now that we’ve put the animals up. I think we’ll introduce her to changes a bit at a time, but I know that in time she’ll be fine.

God has really blessed us with our daughter, just like he did with each of our sons. Wonderful!

Total distance traveled … 18,239 mi
Total time … 375 hours
Which, for all you math nerds out there is:
Average speed (relative to the earth’s surface) … 48.6 MPH