And our next location is.......

soImarriedAnerd · #1 December 19th, 2008, 08:40 PM

We get to stay in the states till Jan 5th then we are off to the Philippines till April!!!!!! Woot! I haven't been there before so its some more color in my map!

..Christine.. · #2 December 19th, 2008, 08:52 PM

woohoo- that sounds like fun! I have never been outside of the U.S.!

lauren in hi · #3 December 19th, 2008, 08:54 PM

Have fun!

Mars · #4 December 19th, 2008, 09:09 PM

Sounds exciting!! Can't wait to see pics!

ShannonMVT · #5 December 19th, 2008, 09:26 PM

Sweet! I have lots of co-workers from the Philippenes. It looks gorgeous!

*Anna* · #6 December 19th, 2008, 09:37 PM

I have a couple friends from the Phillipenes!!! Have fun and be safe!!!! U will be preggo though it

How was your flight(s) today? Did u fly to Ohare? I saw ORD had lots of delays and cancelations- DH and I are looking at flight to go to chi-town for NYE

Mod-LadyCoconut · #7 December 19th, 2008, 09:51 PM

Fun stuff! Did you ever work out the situation with Troy wanting to tell his family for Christmas?

**jessie** · #8 December 20th, 2008, 02:03 AM

Enjoy your vacation- you two deserve it! Philippines sounds great- I've never been there either. I believe lots of pictures are in order!

soImarriedAnerd · #9 December 20th, 2008, 04:43 AM

Troy and I will not be telling anyone until I'm 14 weeks along which is my 31st birthday- 1/26!!! But then he doesn't think I will be able to not say something while back. Guess we will see.

My flight from Tokyo to Chicago-----HAHAHAHA well we ended up with a medical emergency on the flight! And of course I was the one who answered the page for medical personal (there DID turn out to be a doctor on the plane that didn't come out till after I had been with they guy for almost 2 hours

) So I went and checked out the guy and it turned out he had a temp of 102.5!!!!! But get this he KNEW he had that temp when he got on the plane with his 3yr old daughter! He had been in Japan for a year and was living in the rural areas in the South and his wife was in the hospital for 7 months! So he had some infection.....well the CDC doesn't like people getting on fully booked flights with 102 temps...so we got rushed back to Chicago and landed 20 min early....the catch?!---The CDC had to clear the ENTIRE plane! Everyone gets checked out and for a while they were thinking of putting us all in quarantine for 2 WEEKS!!!! Instead we all got our info taken and of course I'm nervous because I had this guy sweating and coughing and everything right on me while I'm doing my examine and I'm preggers! I could have killed this guy for getting on a plane like that! So we ended being 2hrs late by the time we left the airport!

niknok · #10 December 20th, 2008, 05:06 AM

Angela, your travels are never short of drama! I'm glad you got a location you haven't been to before- You should have fun! Especially since you'll be there for most of the fabulous second trimester. Glad you are back on US soil- now go get some Quiznos!

soImarriedAnerd · #11 December 20th, 2008, 05:16 AM

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Angela, your travels are never short of drama! I'm glad you got a location you haven't been to before- You should have fun! Especially since you'll be there for most of the fabulous second trimester. Glad you are back on US soil- now go get some Quiznos![/b]

OH I already HAD my Quiznos!!!!!!! AND I got some Ranch Dressing! (with some cheese curds and chicken fingers!).

petalfuzz · #12 December 20th, 2008, 05:29 AM

Wow! That was an adventure! Glad you're back home now, though!!!!

midnight_starr · #13 December 20th, 2008, 06:08 AM

You always have a good story to tell!!!! Have a great time while you are back home!!!

soImarriedAnerd · #14 December 20th, 2008, 06:37 AM

OH AND............ We left Japan right before the 6.5 earthquake!!!!!!!!!!!

thepinkleprechaun · #15 December 20th, 2008, 06:50 AM

Holy crap Angela that is pretty dramatic

I'm just glad you didn't all catch Ebola or something.

Hey do you know how long it takes to get to the US from China? The iPod I ordered for Jeremy just left Shanghai....I had no idea that was where it was coming from but they gave me free overnight fedex so it's cool hehe.

soImarriedAnerd · #16 December 20th, 2008, 06:56 AM

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Holy crap Angela that is pretty dramatic

I'm just glad you didn't all catch Ebola or something.

Hey do you know how long it takes to get to the US from China? The iPod I ordered for Jeremy just left Shanghai....I had no idea that was where it was coming from but they gave me free overnight fedex so it's cool hehe.[/b]

we never mail things so I have no idea. But Shanghai MOVES things fast, so i bet you get it quick.

*kyle* · #17 December 20th, 2008, 07:14 AM

http://www.philippinepictures.com/

What a beautiful country! You and Troy are gonna have a blast there. I'm now daydreaming about hopping on a flight to visit sometime in mid-February... ya know, about the time the Chicago weather makes me want to slash my wrists LOL...

Angelaosaurus-rex · #18 December 20th, 2008, 07:37 AM

How exciting!!!

#19 December 20th, 2008, 07:38 AM

Wow look at those pics!!! I can't wait til I get daily pics of that!!

Angela, I was just wondering-- how long does it take you to adjust to Chicago time?

soImarriedAnerd · #20 December 20th, 2008, 07:59 AM

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Wow look at those pics!!! I can't wait til I get daily pics of that!!

Angela, I was just wondering-- how long does it take you to adjust to Chicago time?[/b]

Well since I got preggers I napped all the time in Thailand so my body is used to being awake for 4-6 hours then a nap LOL so changing back isn't a big deal. I normally just sleep most of the flight and then am good to go when we land. But due to the sick guy I didn't sleep (got like 1hr!) but then we hung out with kyle and eric last night so they kept us up and i think we are going to bounce back just fine!
the "rule" is one day to adjust from one timezone...so it would take 12 days to be 100% back to normal. About then we will be back in Asia though! LOL