Friday March 4th, morning

Friday March 4th, morning:
Not sure if it's proper blog ettiquette, or "blog-iquette", but I thought I'd give you an update. I'm not nearly as good a writer as Kathy, but with as much sleep as I've had over the past 3 days, I like to think that I am.
Needless to say, we were able to get 3-4 hours of shut-eye on the flight. The only reason I was able to was due to my lovely bride switching with me. (Before you go off and label me as someone who'd put my wife in HACK's way, you should know that her seat controls were busted, so she couldn't watch TV, listen to music, or even use the reading lamp. If you know Kathy, you know that would be torture for 12+ hours.
Once we arrived, we made it through customs and got our bags. Then we met Joy, the Bethany worker in Beijing. It was good to have a friend. Then we took a short ride with a man who spoke no english to our hotel. It seemed like the ride really took 45-60 minutes. What was impressed upon us most were two things: what a huge-beyond-our-expectations city Beijing is, and what a great driver that man was!
Arriving at the hotel, we crashed for about 20 minutes, and then we met three other families with Joy in the lobby for a trip to the local grocery store, where Kathy and I bought a package of cookies, two oranges, and a dozen bottles of water. Then back to the hotel. Our body clocks were so messed up, I can't tell you how nice the bed was to crash onto!
It's Friday morning, and Kathy says she slept great. I think I got 4 hours of good sleep. Time for breakfast!