Please Keep Your Hands and Feet inside at All times until the Ride comes to a Complete Stop...

This is the theme for our trip to Ho Chi Minh City. What a roller coaster ride of experiences and emotions. Yesterday I felt at the lowest point, with no hope for return home with Lucy on Monday night, after hearing that our Department of State Interview would certainly not happen before then. Well, the ride, as it were, has taken a sudden turn-we received a call today telling us to be in the hotel lobby at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow (Friday here) so we could go to the Consulate for our interview! Does this mean that Lucy and I will fly across the sea on Monday? probably not. We still have a passport to obtain, and a Visa interview that generally requires 48 business hours to schedule. There aren't enough hours for us to make it. But, perhaps we could at least escort John and Mason to Hanoi, where they catch their flight home. And, maybe, it means we can obtain the visa in time for Lucy and I to be on the Friday flight instead of the Saturday flight-so many small bumps and turns still ahead as we navigate the ride.

But, last night at this time the tears were falling, and tonight I feel to smile. What will tomorrow bring? Don't know, but my hands and feet are definately staying in a safe spot as we finish up this ride to bring our Lucy home! Wheee...