We said goodbye to our daughters this morning, for a year. They are already off the plane and back in Long Island where they will spend another week together. We miss their laughter already.

And... we've been traveling now for about 9 hours and so far have only completed the first hop, to Miami. Here is the itinerary...

AMERICAN EAGLE/EXECUTIVE
Flight 5012 Booking Code:H Date: 04 January 2007
From: Regional Southwest Arpt, Fort Myers FL - U.S.
To: Miami Intl, Miami FL - U.S.
Departs: 13:20 Arrives: 14:15

Qantas Airways , Operated By: AMERICAN AIRLINES
Flight 3024 Booking Code:H Date: 04 January 2007
From: Miami Intl, Miami FL - U.S.
To: Los Angeles Intl, Los Angeles CA - U.S.
Departs: 18:10 Arrives: 20:55

Qantas Airways Flight 108 Booking Code:H Date: 04 January 2007
From: Los Angeles Intl, Los Angeles CA - U.S.
To: Sydney Kingsford Smith Arpt, Sydney Australia

Qantas Airways Flight 577 Booking Code:H Date: 06 January 2007
From: Sydney Kingsford Smith Arpt, Sydney Australia
To: Perth Arpt, Perth Australia
Departs: 12:20 Arrives: 15:15

Of course, this assumes no delays. And the times are local. One printout said 29 hours, but I wonder if it won't be longer than that. Or at least SEEM longer. We'll see.

Neither of us slept well last night, so as Liz says, "we'll either be so exhausted we'll have to sleep on the plane, or we'll just be exhausted...".
My plan is to adjust the itinerary as so..
1) Fly to LAX
2) TAKE DRUGS (Ambien CR- Yummy! as Dr. House would say...)
3) Wake up in Sydney and fly to Perth.
We'll let you know how it works.