May 3, 2009 - Week 29

This was my last week in the Czech land. Paul and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary on Monday via a webcam conversation. I told him that our baby is kicking and moving. I did some walking to downtown and also when I visited my Grandma. On Tuesday, I went to see my Grandma and Grandpa in Hradiste. We had a nice time together and I also had the chance to record my Grandpa's life stories. Especially interesting was the time during World War II when he spent time in a work camp in Berlin. At that time, his life wasn't easy. That same day, my friend and her two kids came to visit and showed off their swimming skills in my parent's pool. My Grandma from Hradiste didn't feel good on Tuesday because her blood pressure was over 200 so my Mom took her to the hospital. They gave her some new pills which seemed to help. I went back to see Grandpa on Thursday to record more stories and we also visited Grandma in the hospital. We went to the cemetery afterwards and I helped him clean up the family grave. It was sad to tell them goodbye for another year or so. On Friday, Mom and I walked to the clay volleyball courts at the château where they were playing a doubles tournament. This tourney is always the start of the outdoor season. The weather was perfect. We also stopped at my Grandma's for lunch. I came back that night to their small volleyball afterparty and enjoyed the time together by an open fire. On Saturday morning, my parents took me to the airport in Vienna and my troubled flight began. Everything was good until I got to Washington DC where they told us there was some type of security breach. We were standing in a long line for quite some time to get through immigration/security and I ended up missing my flight to Chicago. I got on another flight about 5 hours later, but there was no way to get to Des Moines that night. I ended up spending the night in the Chicago airport. My luggage arrived on time (without me) Saturday night so Paul went and picked it up. I arrived on Sunday around 10am so now I am back in the USA.

Toto byl muj posledni tyden v ceske zemi. V pondeli jsme oslavovali s Paulem nase 4. vyroci svatby pres web kameru. Rekla jsem mu, ze nase ditko se hybe a kope. Chodila jsem hodne pesky do mesta a take k babicce na navstevu. V utery jsem sla navstivit babicku a dedecka v Hradisti. Byla to pekna navsteva a ja mela moznost nahrat dedeckovi nezapomenutelne zivotni pribehy z II. svetove valky, kdyz byl v pracovnim tabore v Berline. Jeho zivot v tehdejsi dobe nebyl jednoduchy. Ten samy den moje znama s dvemi detmi prijely na navstevu a ukazali nam jak umi dobre plavat v bazenu u rodicu. Moje babicka v Hradisti se necitila dobre v utery, protoze jeji tlak presahl 200, tak ji musela moje mamka ve stredu odvezt do nemocnice. Dali ji nejake nove prasky, ktere zabraly. Ve ctvrtek jsem opet jela do Hradiste navstivit dedecka a nahrat dalsich z pribehu a navstivili jsme take babicku v nemocnici. Pote jsem dedecka zavezla na hrbitov, ktery jsme spolecne ocistili. Bylo smutne se rozloucit zase zhruba na jeden rok. V patek jsme s mamkou zasli pesky na volejbalove kurty v zamku, kde se hral kazdorocni debl. Venkovni sezona se vzdy otevira timto Deblem. Pocasi na to meli nadherne. Take jsme se zastavily u babicky na obed. Na vecer jsem se prisla podivat na volejbalovou party na satne a bylo super si s lidickama u ohne popovidat. V sobotu rano me nasi odvezli na letiste do Vidne, kde zacala ma strastiplna cesta. Vsechno bylo vporadku do te doby, co jsem doletela do Washington DC, kde nam rekli, ze tam meli problem se securitou. Cekali jsme dlouho nez jsme prosli imigracnim a securitou, takze jsem nestihla letadlo do Chicaga a nasledne do Des Moines. Dalsi let do Chicaga byl zhruba za 5 hodin a zadny let ten samy vecer do Des Moines, tak jsem musela stravit noc na letisti v Chicagu. Moje zavazadla doletely vporadku v sobotu vecer, tak jak mely, tak je Paul vyzvedl. Ja doletela v nedeli kolem 10 rano, takze nyni jsem zpatky ve Statech.