April 5, 2009 - Week 25

For the first time I am writing from the Czech Republic. Before I left on Saturday, Paul and I went for another seminar called Postpartum Adjustments. We were listening to stories and experiences from new parents with young babies. I also went to my doctor before this long trip to Czech. Everything seems to be fine, baby's heart beat is 150 a minute. The doctor gave me some paperwork for the trip in case of an emergency.

I also played co-ed volleyball for the last time. There is one more game left next week, but I will already be gone. Marvin and Jean came up this Saturday before I left so we went to a Chinese buffet. Late afternoon, Paul took me to the airport and I was on my way to Europe. I got a little worried in Chicago because the plane from Des Moines had to wait on the runway for about 40 minutes. Consequently, I did not have much time in Chicago to board for the overseas flight. I couldn't get much sleep on the plane, but I felt pretty good arriving in Vienna where my parents waited for me. We had little trouble getting out of Vienna so we took a sightseeing tour through Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

I picked a good time to go to Europe because I did not need to deal with the snow which came to Iowa on Sunday. The temperature here was high, around 70-75F...it felt so great. I could not resist and I had to take a picture of my parent's yard and send it to Iowa. I quickly settled down in my parents dining room so I could smell all the good stuff coming out of my Mom's kitchen. Right away, I had bean soup for dinner, sweet rice with peaches for breakfast, and tomato sauce with dumplings for lunch and dinner. I am sure I will come back twice as big. Mom and I went to downtown to take care of few things and I made appointments for a massage and facials. We also stopped for ice cream with very good sweets.

Poprve pisi z Ceske republiky. Predtim nez jsem v sobotu odletela jsem s Paulem sla na dalsi seminar nazvany "Obdobi po porodu", kde jsme poslouchali nove rodice s malymi detmi, kteri nam davali typy do budoucna. Take jsem sla k doktorce pred moji dlouhou cestou do Cech. Vse doposud vypada v poradku, ditko ma 150 tepu za minutu. Doktorka me dala papiry na cestu, kdyby se nahodou neco stalo.

Take jsem naposledy hrala volejbal mixu. Hraje se jeste jeden zapas pristi tyden, to ale uz budu pryc. Jean s Marvinem prijeli tuto sobotu pred mojim odletem do Des Moines, tak jsme spolecne zasli do cinske restaurace. Pozdeji odpoledne me Paul vzal na letiste a uz jsem byla na ceste do Evropy. Obavala jsem se trochu v Chicagu, protoze to letadlo sedelo na pristavaci plose asi 40 minut nez se uvolnilo misto na "zaparkovani". A nasledovne jsem tam nemela moc casu na presednuti na zaoceansky let. Moc jsem toho v letadle nenaspala, ale nakonec jsem se citila dobre po priletu do Vidne, kde na me cekali rodice. Meli jsme trochu potize se dostat z Vidne, tak jsme to nakonec jeste vzali vyhlidkovou jizdou pres Bratislavu.

Vybrala jsem si perfektni cas odletet do Evropy, protoze jsem nezastihla snih, ktery padal v nedeli v Iowe. Tady bylo velice teplo, okolo 25C...bylo to vyborne. Nemohla jsem si pomoci a musela jsem vyfotit zahradu rodicu a poslat ty fotky do Iowy. Usadila jsem se s mym pocitacem v jidelne, tak jsem hned ucitila tu vuni linouci se z mamcine kuchyne. Na zacatek jsem si dala fazolovou polevku na veceri, sladkou ryzi s broskvema na snidani, rajskou omacku s knedlikem na obed a veceri. Vypada to tak, ze priletim zpatky jedenkrat tak vetsi. Sla jsem s mamkou do mesta vyridit par veci a pote jsem se objednala na masaz a na kosmetiku. Take jsme se zastavili na zmrzlinu a dobry zakusek.