Ahhh....Sweet Luxury!

We are at the Sheraton, and it is awe-some! Swank-diggity, even.

We woke up at the ridiculous hour of 2am. All of us. Wide awake. We killed time in the room until about 5am. Zoe and I played with soapy water in the sink and Jeff watched a really bad movie on HBO. At 5 we couldn't take the lack of A/C anymore, so we just went outside where it was cooler and waited until breakfast. Now I feel bad bad-mouthing the Ramada because the staff was so nice, but there is just no comparison between the two hotels. Even the surrounding areas are a world apart. This is a very, very nice area and we didn't mind walking down the street at 10pm to go find some drinks. The lights on the river are gorgeous. The shops are lit up. and I can't wait to get up in the morning and go to Wal-Mart down the street.

At around noon our guide called us and said we could move to the Sheraton. They arranged and taxi and somehow pre-paid for it. Once here, we took a little walk to a place called Highlands Coffee, a little coffee shop run by an ex-pat American. He was super nice and told us he sees about 1 adoptive family a month from the Sheraton. We had Panini's and cheese cake with flavored teas and mixed fruity drinks for Zoe. It was delicious and very reasonably priced. Zoe fell asleep on me on the sofa there, and we carried her back and took the opportunity for a nap. 7 hours later...

Yup, we are still messed up time wise, but my plan is to stay up really late and try to get Zoe back down around 2am. If we can get a few more hours in before breakfast, maybe we can start the day normally. And we need to be normal tomorrow because.....

WE MEET ETHAN YUYU TOMORROW!!

Our guide got here around 9pm. We met him in the lobby and got a quick run down of the next few days. We weren't supposed to meet Yu Yu until Monday, and I'm a little disappointed I won't have more time to prepare. We've been in survival mode so far and I was hoping for more relaxing and a bit of shopping. I still need to change money, do some shopping, get my gifts ready, and I was hoping to have a mini-language lesson with our guide. But you have to be flexible on adoption trips and it will all work out, I'm sure.

I like our guide very much. He took a 26 hour train ride to get here, and we feel bad complaining about our 14 hour long flight. He said he will try to speak little Chinese to our son, but encourage him to interact with us, so he won't bond to him right away. I didn't think about that, but am glad he did. It certainly makes sense.

I have to play with a silly little girl right now. She needs some food and cuddles right now.

Oh my goodness, I'm going to have 2 kids tomorrow. Oh dear. Scared and excited!