Well, I wish I could say that we are here and doing great

But uhmmmmm, not so much. This has been the longest day since the day Alan left me in Guatemala in April. I am just glad that Lou is here and understands!!

Flight from Atlanta was 45 minutes late departing. That cut my 1 hour 10 minute layover to a mere 35 minutes. 20 minutes was spent getting to the international gate. Hearing the FINAL BOARDING call and having no idea how far your gate is from your location. Finally found the gate and made it on the plane. Then the plane sat at the gate waiting for clearance for almost 40 minutes.

We take off, the plane is only about half full and I have an entire row to myself. I talked to a girl from Ontario that was going to be backpacking for 5 weeks. After that I grabbed 6 blankets....one to cover up with and 5 to use as pillows b/c Delta no longer offers pillows to coach passengers. Nice, huh? I get settled into my 3 seats and crash for an hour. Get up, use the "facilities" and sleep for another hour.

GC airport was a breeze as usual. No trouble...bags and stroller all in one piece. Lou is waiting outside for me and I got to meet Jorge. Get to the hotel. Lou's room was ready - mine wasn't. Went up and hung out with her while she prepared for Essie Kate. EK arrived on time and we venture to the La Vista to eat!! YUMMMMMMMMY!!

Vivi was coming at 3:00 so at 2:45 I was waiting in the lobby. 3:10 ---- here comes my girl. She wants NOTHING to do with me. Get to chat with Vivi for about an hour and a half. Found out way more info than I really needed to hear. That's a story for another day. Vivi leaves, Sydney flips out BIG TIME!!!

We come up to our room and try to get settled. Much to my dismay, she has not grown out of the screaming till you get so worked up that she SPEWED EVERYWHERE. Now the room smells like powdered milk and fruit puffs. Drag pukey clothes off and get them in water to soak. Get new clothes and wash her down really good. Walk around the lobby 20 minutes till she calms down. Gp back up to room, screaming begins again. The stroller is her ONLY happy place. Turn on Backyardigans etc. Shy quiets down and dozes off for about 20 minutes. Upon waking, she determines that she does NOT like me and will not look at me. Begins to scream again.

Now I give her a bottle, put a blanket over her and leave her be in the stroller. She's happy, I'm happy and all is quiet. I am tired ---- exhausted ----- BEAT DOWN!!! Angry that my daughter has to be this upset because of all the junk we have been through and continue to deal with. I just want it to stop.

It's 6:45 now and I am praying that she will go down soon. I need to rest too. Hoping for a better day tomorrow. PLEASE GOD --- give us a miracle.