A Jet Plane Miracle

While preparing for our trip to Nepal I primarily worried about one thing - the 20 hour plane ride.  Actually it was more than worry.  The idea of spending two days on a plane with JAC just about made me puke. I couldn't think of any possible scenario where the plane ride went well so I prayed and prepared for the worst.  We brought bags of toys, games, snacks and a portable DVD player.  I mentally practiced patiently walking my two year old around a cramped plane for hours while other passengers slept.  I steeled myself for hourly arguments about wearing the seat belt.

After all of that preparation only one thing mattered - prayer.  Thank you everyone who prayed because we experienced a "jet plane miracle."  JAC was a perfect angel.  Before our flight we ran up and down the Dulles airport concourse.  We thought he was exhausted but instead he was thrilled by the air plane television.  Every seat had its own television and JAC was absolutely enthralled.  The headphones were too big so I used his elastic eye mask to secure them to his head.  JAC watched hours and hours of Finding Nemo and The Fox and the Hound.  I think he watched Finding Nemo four times.  Finally I was too exhausted to function.  I turned off his t.v, gave him a blanket, put on his eye mask and held him down until he went to sleep four minutes later.  He slept soundly for the last three hours of the flight.

When we landed in Doha it was dark and we had a long six hour layover.  Luckily Doha had a wonderful kids' play area.  It was JAC's dream.  We played at the park for three hours straight, taking intermittent breaks to walk through the duty free store.  When we grew bored of that we set up the DVD player and watch Curious George.  When we finally boarded our plane to Kathmandu JAC was thoroughly exhausted.  He slept for almost the entire flight.  When he awoke the airline surprised him with a Sponge Bob coloring book and the whole family enjoyed an outstanding view of the snow capped Himalayas.   It was a spectacle to behold.  The Himalayas are larger than what you can imagine.

Our furry family member - Roxy - made the trip without event too.  They even walked and fed her in Doha.  She is suffering from a sore paw after colliding with our steel door.  The vet here makes house calls and hopefully she'll soon feel better.