No Lyme; Shanghai or bust for Aislinn and Leo

Aislinn's tests came back negative. Good thing too, because though the standard procedure is just a round or two of antibiotics, if Leo had to hear me give one more instruction on the care and feeding of his second daughter in the days before they left for China, I think he would have started to twitch.

But yesterday morning the three of us were up at 5:00, and Leo and Aislinn were out the door at 6:00. It's interesting to me that it's almost as stressful to plan someone else's international travel as it is to plan my own (and I wasn't even the one to book the tickets). Just getting up at that ungodly hour is almost enough to give me an ulcer. I went back to bed and slept until Arwyn woke me up around 8 or so.

I called Leo this morning; they are in Zhangjiagang staying with a good friend, a small town near Shanghai where we were living when we first got married. Aislinn was playing with some other kids when I called and seemed no worse for the wear, even having tossed her cookies in some turbulence in the descent into Shanghai.

I'm jealous that they are there and I am not, but so far we are doing fine here as well. Leo's sister is still here, and yesterday we made plans for who gets to escape which days. With the help of three bottles of breastmilk, I will get my first solo trip to Borders (now 45 minutes away) since Arwyn was born!

Happy Fourth, everyone. I'm celebrating some personal independence this week! Hope you are too.