I spent some time with some of our folks in Baoding this evening. Had an incredible mango smoothie with my friend Maddie along this street.

Walked bag to Frank and Helen’s apartment. Had homemade Chinese soup Helen made for me. Played Uno with Caleb. Raced cars down a slide with Grace. Finished off my evening doing Drew’s old job, snuggling with Caleb at bedtime.

All while my phone is buzzing with messages about which gate to meet at and who has found who.

The team is on their way!

While I sleep in my hard-as-a-rock bed tonight, they’ll be flying over the North Pole. I’ll board a bus in the morning and head back to the Beijing airport once again. But, this time, I won’t be flying out anywhere, I’ll be one of the paparazzi waiting in Terminal 3 welcoming this crew to China!