Life's a Stitch

AKA Paradise postponed. What it feels like is Paradise Lost.

Checked flights online and one was available at an additional price of $3000 for the two of us (we flew here round trip for $1000 each), but changes required a phone call.

Decided to try to call the airlines at 5:00a.m., thinking there would be fewer callers, to find that EVA doesn’t have a 24 hour call centre. Since it was during business hours at home I called the Vancouver office, which was actually in the US. Success after a 20 minute wait! We’re flying home today at an additional cost of $956, a bargain. 

Wish we could click our heels and magically land in our comfy beds at home. Instead, we’ll be on packed planes hoping the Taipei airport remains open for our connecting flight. Our canary in the coal mine from a few posts ago, flew back yesterday and reports they aren’t serving hot meals on the first five hour flight, and instead was served a bun, a cookie and water. Common on domestic flights at home, but different from the flight in.

Nine days in Bali, but we packed a lot in. I’ll keep posting more about the past few days and the trip home.

It’s going to be very difficult to leave the kids behind, but they don’t have the same level of risk and if they get stuck, they’ll have each other and S’s mom for support. It was good being here with two of them and their partners. At home all three are far away. I’m not too happy right now, feeling like we’re jumping straight from the frying pan into the fire.

I’ll end this one with a cheerful note, Sammy’s sweet puppies.