As we write this, we are sitting in the Seattle/Tacoma airport right next to the Duty Free store< which has Julia salivating like a rabid wharf rat at the sight of Clinique, Lancome, and other notorious brands. I pulled her out rapidly as i saw our money dwindling by the twinkle in her eyes. What a long strange day it has been already. We got up at 0500 and set about taking bags downstairs. Dad arrived at 0600 and took us to the airport. We arrived at around 0710. We cleared TSA around 0800 and we got scanned by the new full-body scanners. Matt ended up having his left arm felt up after they thought they saw something in the scan. After TSA, we went to Popeyes Chicken for breakfast and during that time, Glen and Lynda arrived. We got on the plane around 1015 and left the ground in Atlanta at 1053. We had a pretty uneventful flight until we were over Montana. At that point the head stewardess got on the PA system asking for any medical personnel to report to the back of the plane. Matt went to help and ended up helping take care of a girl who was having a panic attack and had gotten overheated. Matt ended up talking to the pilot who wanted his advice about whether to divert to the nearest airport or continue on to Seattle. The girl was stable so Matt advised to continue on, which we did. Long story short, the girl was fine and we got 10,000 Delta Skymiles given to us for Matt's efforts. So, now we wait for the next phase of the journey. More when we reach Beijing!