Thursday, April 15th

Ugh today was exhausting! We woke up and immediately started doing some last minute packing and getting the animals ready to go. We left around 8:30 because we had to get to the airport early so that we could check in the dog and the guinea pigs. We are going to be living without our stuff for probably two and a half months, so we had to pack everything we would need. We were allowed two suitcases and a carry-on each, 15 pieces of luggage all together. We obviously couldn't fit all of this, us, and the animals all in one car, also we needed to get the car back to the house. So my mom asked her friends Ms. Vicky and Ms. Jen to drive the cars back. We packed all of our luggage and the dog and guinea pigs into our car which my dad drove, the rest of us went in Ms. Vicki's car. There was an extra seat in Ms. Vicki's car so my friend Kiera (who is Ms. Vicki's daughter) got to come too! And thank goodness because we live a LONG ways from the airport! After we got off the plane we were all ready to get to our apartment, but we couldn't. We had to stay at the airport for maybe about an hour because the guinea pigs are 'exotics'. They will have to stay in quarintine for a while. Poor piggies! :(