Mateo and I made it in one piece to France. The trip was sort of hellish, as Mateo opted not to fall asleep AT ALL during our first nine hour flight. We spent much of it walking up and down the aisles. Of course, he fell asleep minutes before we boarded our second flight, and had to be woken up and strapped into a seat belt before take off. Note: he did not enjoy this one bit. No thank you. Ohhhh... the screaming was terrible. We were in the last row, and the two rows ahead of us cleared out, as people moved to empty seats that were not near the bellowing child. Good times.
In the end, we made it in one exhausted piece. Well, two exhausted pieces. Upon arrival, we got settled at Kathy's house and promptly passed out for almost four hours. Mateo is all over the place sleep-wise, but we managed to sleep from 3 am to 10 am this morning, so that's looking pretty good. I am sure we will both nap later.
Meanwhile, it is so wonderful to be back here. In lots of ways, it feels like we never left. Paris still feels like home more than anywhere else in the world. At the same time, I can tell I have changed a lot since our departure, and I am looking at the city with different eyes.
Last night, Kathy made us a delicious four zillion course meal, and Teo's dad came over to eat with us. Teo was amazingly not that fussy, given our previous 20+ hours. He danced and danced and danced, and nobody found that amusing at all. He took a nap midway through the evening, woke up at some point, and then we didn't go back to sleep until 3. But hey - no complaints. As I said to my sister once, I feel like sleep deprivation is an entirely different animal after having survived those first few months of motherhood. I'm sure most mamas would agree.
Today we are heading out to see Teo's brother and his mom, and maybe just visit the city some. It's cold and dreary, but Paris is still beautiful, of course. I am committed to recording as much of this trip on "film" as possible, so get ready for pictures! pictures! pictures!
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