back in the US of A

i'm typing on wireless internet access from our hotel room at the hilton across from the airport in LA. we've had room service. the total at the end of the bill was the same for what we paid for room service in china except this isn't in RMB. but it was sooo good. and we're taking turns drinking water straight from the tap. i want to stay up all night just reveling in being back in the USA but i don't know that will be very conducive to us getting used to the time difference. it's 1am at home. it's 11p in this hotel room. but our bodies think it's 2p. we have 10 hours to get back to the airport and continue the trip. we're far from home but it sure feels close.

you'd think there would be more ceremony but joy is now a US citizen. a gruff guy in uniform took the sacred brown envelope that we were repeatedly forbidden to open and just tore into it. no momentous words, nothing. and he threw the envelope in the trash, took the papers out and handed them to another person and said we could go. that was it. four to six weeks we're to get the actual certificate in the mail.

but for now, it's just good to be where everything is in english and we pay way too much for a hamburger delivered to our room. if i don't pass out soon i'll upload the rest of the pics and video clips we took. but for now joy is not enjoying the idea of falling asleep. better attend to that.

see you all soon.