Then....Jennifer ( my sister ) called and basically said, "I'm on my way!"
It was one of those times where you are so extremely grateful for family. Jennifer was dropping everything and coming to our rescue so that a) Lorelai would be loved and nurtured in my absence and b) Elisabeth would still get her stem cells and c) we wouldn't waste money already spent on airfare and a pre-paid rental car.
In less than 24 hours Jennifer was at our house and just a few hours after that Donald and I hopped in the car and headed to Seattle where we planned to spend the night. We wanted to be near the airport since we needed to be checking in around 6:30 am.
That was yesterday.
We made it to Seattle; we checked in at The Hilton; we ordered room service - I had a delicious chicken pot pie; we got Elisabeth tucked into bed and off to dreamland; we settled in to watch The Amazing Race (our favorite show).
And then it happened:
Elisabeth started gagging, and before we realized what was going on she vomited everywhere. Poor, poor little sweet girl.
Elisabeth had caught Lorelai's virus.
She continued to vomit through the night. Now it's a little after 7:00 in the morning and I am sitting here, in The Hilton, typing this. Out the window and across the street in the airport. We were supposed to be there right now, getting ready to board our plane. Tomorrow Elisabeth was supposed to get those precious stem cells. Heck, she was supposed to be solving quadratic equations by Wednesday, remember?
But instead, we're heading home. And that's okay.
Life is interesting like that. You can make all the plans you want, but you still just don't know what's waiting around the corner. So you just have to roll with the punches and realize that there will be another time for things like stem cells. But not tomorrow.
