Thurs. night - Einstein factor night

Hi all,



Nothing much to report today. No visa news. We changed our tickets to next Friday, the 28th. Doug and the older kids will be returning that day no matter what happens visa-wise. We think that we would have to hear of Julia's visa pre-approval by tomorrow or maybe the very latest, Monday morning in order for the two of us to go back with the rest of the family. We are hoping that we hear good news tomorrow. It will be much, much easier for us to travel back together than separately, not to mention we are all eager to get home.



Other than that, not much to say. We are going to go buy some Christmas decorations for our hotel room tomorrow. Doug and I are in the process of trying to make it as much like Christmas for the kids as possible. They have been such troopers for this trip that it didn't seem fair to them to delay celebrating Christmas until we got home. Right now we think that Christmas Eve will mean a trip to the Moca Cafe where the kids can get french toast and bacon. (I would have never guessed in a million years that that could be a Christmas Eve meal for us!)



Went to KFC tonight for supper. We stumbled upon one that was less than 2 miles from our hotel, much closer than the one we had been going to. (A side note - I was tiring of seeing all of these signs around me and not having any clue what they said, so a couple of days ago, Doug bought me a Vietnamese-English dictionary.) While we were eating supper, they had a sign that said something about KFC and Christmas, so I thought I would translate it. I got as far as "Don't worry, let KFC help you push your hemorroids out" before I quit. Having never spent a Christmas in Vietnam, I don't know much about the traditions here, but I think that it is pretty safe to guess that hemorroids don't have much to do with it. (By the way, this story does not open it up for people to share their hemorroid stories in the comment section please!) Doug no longer trusts my translations.



Well, I better finish this up. It is almost time for Einstein Factor - Thomas' favorite show. Helen says she is going to watch it in bed, but I don't think she will make it through the whole thing. As for Julia, she keeps us entertained. Her trick tonight - to kiss her french fries before she ate them. Hopefully she will outgrow this before her first date.



Thanks for checking in,



Barbie