I am sitting in the Atlanta International Airport right now, coming down from the whirlwind of the last two weeks. Kaia and I are both exhausted but now very excited that the chain of events of the last month have led us here. As we prepare to board our Prague-bound flight I can't help but be amazed by the fact that everything has gone relatively smoothly thus far.
The movers came yesterday and moved the boxes and furniture out of our truck into our new apartment. Steve and his crew of three guys from Twin City Movers showed up at 8 AM and worked through the heat and rain of Tuesday morning. By 11 AM our apartment was filled with boxes and furniture and in a state general disarray. Since we had a limited amount of time we did two very important things: 1. make the bed (so we can crash after our trip) 2. unpack some dishes (so we can eat after our trip). Hopefully the maintenance guy will fix the air conditioning while we are gone (it was 88 degrees in the living room when we left yesterday).
Once we were done with the move we dropped off the rental truck, loaded the surly cats (once again unhappy to be disturbed and shoved in cages), packed our bags and headed to Oswego to spend the night at Rinee and Greg's house. When we arrived we took the cats into their new temporary home. They all hid immediately in Greg's workshop, a veritable paradise for cats looking to hide from people. We found Chloe wedged in a tight spot under the work bench, in between boards in a small pile of wood. At least she feels safe. By this morning the cats had all made themselves relatively at home. I'm sure we'll find them very comfortable by the time we return. Perhaps they won't even want to go back!
After a very restful night we woke up this morning and took a hired car to the airport. The ride took an hour with traffic and it was nice to have someone else in charge of getting us there. Our flights have both been on time and the ride from Chicago to Atlanta was pretty fast and uneventful. Now we're just waiting for our flight to Prague. We will take off around 5:30 PM and we should arrive tomorrow morning around 9:30 AM local time. We'll also get a chance to see if any of our "Learn Czech on the Plane" CDs were useful. At least I can ask "do you speak English" in Czech and also order beer. Two very important skills.
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