We flew out of Tokyo over an hour late. Twenty minutes in, I felt a sharp and sustained pain in my ear. I figured it had something to do with my blocked sinuses and feared I’d have to sit through the entire 12 hour flight in pain. But fortunately, the pain subsided after another fifteen minutes – although I lost hearing in my left ear until this morning.
Despite getting out of Tokyo an hour late, we actually landed early in Toronto. Akemi, who is not a great flyer, was feeling incredibly nauseous on landing. Then, even more nauseous on our uber driver home thanks to our stop-and-go drive. Then nauseous once again on our uber drive to pick up Sharky. And back.
Sharky was absolutely thrilled to see us. Which was a relief because he looked like he was having a GREAT time from all of the photos and videos Jill, his home-stay mom, sent our way. Finding her (and her family) was such a relief, knowing Sharky was in such good hands while we were away. It means that we’ll be able to visit Portland (to hopefully pick up his adoptive brother or sister) in January with our worry. If you’re in the Toronto area and need someone to watch your dog, I highly recommend Jill if you’re in the Toronto area!
I ended up getting about 5-6 hours of sleep on the plane, then another 8 hours last night. Still feeling the jet-lag, but have to push through as I finish up errands in advance of our next flight, Friday morning, when we head to Montreal – this time Sharky in tow.
Came across this pic of my old gals. Miss these two.
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Yay! Thanks for the update. Glad you have some rest and I hope Akemi has completely recovered.
I’m glad you found Melissa, too. Although, I bet Sharky will be glad to go with you this weekend.
We’re spending Friday with my mom and coming back home that night. I’m looking forward to a relaxing Christmas during puzzles/watching movies/napping. 👋🏼
Safe travels and Merry Christmas Everyone!
boooooo déjà…..sniff
Glad you two made it home in one piece.
Hope you are both able to get another full nights rest before heading to your moms.
Happy Christmas!
It’s awesome that you now have a great babysitter for Sharky! You can travel on occassion and not worry about him (and hopefully any new dog too). Glad he was happy to “see” you! Is the reunion on video? Hint, hint.
Awe Lulu and Suji. I miss my beagle too, (she writes as she starts to cry.) Do you know what I had to do the other day? I was making a sandwich and dropped a piece of meat on the floor. For the first time in years, I had to bend over and pick it up…
I know the feeling. I’d be eating chicken and reflexively set a piece aside of Suji and then have to remind myself she wasn’t with us anymore.
Glad to see you guys made it home okay! Nice to see that Sharky handled his own vacation so well. That should be a big relief for future travels. Now time to get a couple days rest before Montreal!
I miss those two gals, as well. What a couple of sweethearts.