Under the Weather

I don't have anything exciting to report today. We've entered the somewhat boring phase of our trip - lots of paperwork and appointments. We were supposed to go to a folk art museum this morning, but Terra and I both have colds, so I decided we'd better stay at the hotel and rest. Once Jorie heard that I wasn't going, she decided she needed to rest too, so none of us went. We ventured out for a short walk around the nearby shops, but that's about it. Jeff completed all of the paperwork for Terra's visa and we'll bring Terra tomorrow for her medical exam. We're hoping her fever will be gone by morning because a fever means lots of medical testing before she'll be given clearance to enter the US. We gave her some Tylenol tonight and I'll give her more about 1/2 an hour before we leave in the morning, hopefully that will do the trick!
We had Papa John's delivered for dinner - what fun! Papa John's is one of our favorite pizza places but we rarely get to eat it because the closest one to us is 40 minutes away. Who would have guessed we could travel all the way to China and be closer to a Papa John's than we are at home?!
We decided today that we're going to leave one day earlier than we planned. All of our appointments will be finished Thursday night and we had planned to stay on Friday to rest and pack before the big trip home. But, since Terra and I are both not feeling that great and Jorie is really wanting to be back home, we thought that the sooner we get home the better. So, we switched our flights and will be leaving first thing Friday morning, which is Thursday night for most of you. :) We should be arriving home sometime around 7 pm on Friday evening. We've really had a wonderful trip and an amazing adventure in China, but I think we're all feeling like we'd like to be back in our own beds - particularly since our current hotel ran out of king size beds and we are now all sharing a double bed! I woke up this morning to find Jeff sleeping on the floor! He took the cushions off of the two chairs in the room and made himself a bed. Pretty funny!
I'm hoping Terra and I will feel up to going on tomorrow's sightseeing adventure - I'm not sure where we're headed, but I do believe the adventure ends with dinner at a Thai restaurant - sounds delicious! Hopefully, I'll have a few more pictures to add tomorrow! I'm off to bed...