Terrible trip but wonderful people 飛到地球的另一端

On the way to Taiwan from L.A., we had 6hrs lay over there. From 7:30pm to 1:40am, we have to wonder inside of L.A. airport with all our suitcases. Because we are not able to check in until 2 hrs before your flight leaves. So I carried Ian and my huge carry-on bag and 2 suitcases and walked 30 minutes to go to the international terminal. It's a long way for us. Then I can't find the airline's counter. Because they haven't open their counter yet!!!

I couldn't do anything that time. So I decided to go to food court to get something to eat. It took me the other 15 minutes to find a table for us. While I was struggling how to carry Ian and my food to the table, an old couple who sit on the same table came over and help me carried all my food back to the table for me.

Then I met 2 girls from Taiwan who are going to take the same flight with me, They are my big helper. They took care of Ian when I went to restroom, took care of my suitcases while we needed, and carried our suitcases everywhere until we checked in. And they are with us the whole time in this trip. I'm very grateful for all their help.

Ian was very good on the trip--almost. He didn't sleep well at all. He only fall asleep for about 4 hours during the whole trip(about 13 hrs). But not 4 hrs in a row. He fell asleep in 4 different times. And 1 hr at the time. And I only slept anout 3 hrs total in this trip.

I was worried about Ian can't sleep well on the plane. And it's really a nightmare. Poor Ian. He was so tired!!! But he can't fall asleep on the plane. I tried to calm him down through the trip. He was pretty good about that. He didn't cry much. He played and ate well. Just didn't want to go to sleep.

We were so exhausted when we finally landed. Hopefully that's all the hastle in the trip.

奕凱的第一次長途旅行竟然是搭飛機回台灣！！

在回台灣前，我上網去查了很多資料，因為我很擔心奕凱會如何度過這24小時的旅行時間。我們的行程是從El Paso搭機到L.A.要2個小時，在L.A.6個小時等轉機，再搭14個小時的飛機回台灣。因為這次小藍先生並沒有陪我們回去，而且這是我第一次帶奕凱回家， 奕凱根本沒有長途旅行過，也沒撘過飛機，更不要說要搭十幾個小時的飛機了，所以我很擔心我要怎麼幫奕凱度過這段時間，要帶什麼東西....等等的問題。幸好，拜方便的網路所賜，找到許多人的分享。我也盡我所能的準備要帶的東西。

我要帶回台灣的東西不多，大多都是奕凱的東西，只有一大箱和一小箱，但是裡面一半的東西回來就會用完，所以基本上，只有不到一箱的行李，因為我媽一直叫我不要帶太多東西，可以在台灣買的就回來再買，我只有穿一套帶一套衣服，和身上穿的一雙鞋子而已。雖然不多，但是重點是----我在L.A.有6個小時的候機時間，但是，要再上機前的2個小十才能CHECK IN，所以等於我要帶著奕凱，推著我一大一小的行李箱，在機場等候。Oh, My gosh! 我完全不知道該怎麼辦！

艱苦的旅程在L.A.才真正開始了，首先，我背著奕凱，推著我一大一小的行李箱，走了30分鐘到國際航廈去，接著在裡面走來走去，找了3遍，才知道馬來西亞航空的櫃檯要到起飛前3個小時才開(難怪我都找不到)，所以決定去吃晚餐，到了二樓，等了大概20分鐘才有位置坐下，去點餐時，還好跟我同桌的老先生幫我端餐回來，不然也不知道要怎麼拿呢！

但是，最幸運的是---我們碰到2個台灣女生，她們是我們這一路上最大的幫手！

在L.A.候機時，在我們旁桌的2個女生是台灣來遊學的，因為奕凱要換尿布，所以我請他們幫我看著行李，她們超高興的，因為想跟奕凱玩。就這樣，這2個可愛的女生就幫我們一路到底。她們幫我們推行李，幫我照顧奕凱，跟他玩，一直到上機為止(因為我們坐在不同區)，真的非常感謝她們。

也很感謝馬航的空少空姐，她們也都一路幫我照顧奕凱。我很喜歡馬航的服務態度，非常好。值得一提的是在美國的機場，他們會讓帶小孩的家庭和行動不變的人優先上機，所以我們可以不用跟一大堆人一起排隊，慢慢擠上去，非常有人性。總之，感謝一路上所有人的幫忙，我們才能夠安全抵達。雖然奕凱和媽咪都沒怎麼睡，總共只睡了4小時，還分成4次睡，所以到達台灣時，媽媽說我們怎麼看起來那麼憔悴。不過，一切的辛苦在看到我親愛的家人後也都值得了！