R&R 2023
As soon as school let out for the summer, Jackson and I were on a plane to the U.S.A.
Travel to the east coast from Jakarta is brutal. We took three planes. The first flight was from Jakarta to Tokyo and was about 7 hours in the air. Then we had a 9-hour layover in Tokyo! We tried ramen, we shopped in the Japanese souvenir store, and we walked back and forth to kill time.
Next up was a 14-hour flight from Tokyo to Washington, D.C. This leg is tough. We couldn’t get off the plane fast enough and thankfully breezed through customs and immigration with our Global Entry passes. We collected our checked bags, rechecked them, and then boarded our last flight for another 2 hours to South Carolina.
Jackson said a quick hello to Grandma and Grandpa (and their dog Indy), before he was whisked off for a summer adventure with his dad.
For the next week or so we suffered from jet lag – sleeping all day – and lying awake all night, until our bodies accepted that we are on the other side of the world.
This visit, I hung out with my mom and dad for two weeks.
Once Jackson was finished with his visit to his dad, he and I took a road trip to see family in Pennsylvania.
After a month of sleeping on air mattresses and living out of suitcases, we were both ready to head home.
