Jubilee, I can’t imagine an easier travel companion. Well, Ruth travels pretty well, but she get queasy occasionally flying. When we were talking off Jubilee held her arms out like Superman and said something akin to ZOOOM! Her comments were astute and somewhat obvious. “Momma, the ground is going down down down.” She was very interested in knowing where the wings of the plane were. I think she might have been disappointed they did not flap. If she was she did not complain.
On the first leg of the journey, to Chicago she was VERY excited and pretty much sang the entire way. We had practiced her pulling her little carryon, but she wanted to be held boarding and disembarking so that was a bit tricky, but our connections were spaced far enough apart so we did not have to rush. In Chicago we went through security with the idea we would eat on the other side. SIGH. Nothing doing. No food. We went back out and ate a small raspberry ice cream cone, a banana and drank a bottle of water and a bottle of cranberry juice. This little feast was over $10! Anyway, the ice cream cone was a good snuggle op and we made the most of it. When we finished we discovered that the security line had quadrupled since we had been through earlier. Bummer. We made it to our destination, but they were already boarding when we got to there. It was okay.
From Chicago we were flying on Lot Airlines which is the Polish airline so there were many native popolsku speakers. Jubilee found this fascinating and as we were taking off at 10 she was not ready to go to sleep but she was ready to stare at the couple in the seats next to us until she drifted off at about 11. She slept from 11 until 6 which is pretty good for a little girl accustomed to country living. It was shocking how LOUD the plane was before 3 a.m. Maybe they were already on Polish time.
Our seat mate was Annia and she was very nice. We had a bit of communication but her English was only slightly better than my Popolsku. We smiled a lot. Jubilee was very entertaining when she woke up. She ate a little bit and then we were in Warsaw!
Warsaw was slightly less smooth as there was an hour delay and the security was VERY tough. The Polish military was doing the security and it was the first time Jubilee cried.. She was carrying her little soft pink baby and they wanted to x-ray it. Jubilee had not slept THAT well and after prying it out of her little hands she cried and cried and cried. It was in Warsaw where they went through my suitecase of oil paints again and then failed to put it on the airplane to Wroslaw. O well. Basia’s car was very full and it would not have fit anyway.
We were SO glad to see Basia and glad that she hung in there and waited for us. She looked great and before we got to Glogow Jubilee was feeling quite comfortable.She sang loud and long on the way back and she was also making some very funny sounds. I wonder if she was experimenting with the languages she was hearing that were so different from her own. After we arrived at Basia’s apartment it was a bit longer before she was ready to talk to Basia but when she did she thouroughly enjoyed herself.
We went to bed at 11:35 Poland time and Jubilee was asleep very soon after snuggling in. There was a huge thunderstorm so it made for a very nice night.
Jubilee slept through til a bit after 9 this a.m. but immediately threw up. This continued all morning and she has not tinkled yet. It is about 4 now and after taking a two and a half our nap she wanted to try eating again. She has had two slices of bread with butter and honey and is very very chirpy. I am thankful, it was a very quiet morning with four bouts of throwing up. Still waiting on that tinky to know for certain everything is working again. She has been thirsty but I am trying to keep the drinking to small amounts. We stayed in today which is good. I am getting tired right now. Jubilee is all cheery right now. Hmmmmm. We’ll compromise – or not.
We are glad to be here. It is very different having the city sounds all around, but the bird sounds are as much or more than at home. Partly, because the windows are open, we hear the birds more, but with the birds sounds of people, cars and other machinery. Apparently a neighbor is fixing or building something.
Jubilee is singing. I am going to sign off and enjoy the song.
Pray for us. We are doing well. Looking forward to discovering what God has next. Gwen
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