Today's the day

It's here at last...my departure date. I've had nervous moments throughout this whole process, but it's never really sunk in that I'm leaving. I'm still not sure it has sunk in entirely. Maybe once I get to the airport....

"All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go" (at least, I hope I didn't forget anything, lol) Now I'm off to a long flight and a long layover, and I'll be in Portugal tomorrow afternoon. I still don't know for sure what my schedule will be like or exactly what kind of things I'll be doing, but I'll write about them as they come up! :-)

Merry Christmas time

It's Christmas Eve!!!!! Probably my favorite day of the entire year. There's nothing quite like the glow of the Christmas season; busily buying and wrapping presents, baking cookies, drinking eggnog and listening to Christmas carols watching the tree while sitting by the fireplace, and of course spending time with family and friends who feel like family ( you know who you are :-) ).

My last day at work was yesterday. No one cried, because everyone is excited for me, but there was some threat of tears just below the surface. It's nice to know I'll be missed. And hopefully they won't miss me too much; I will be back after all.

6 more days!! I still haven't started packing (Mrs C), but I don't think it should be too hard. Just throw all of my clothes in a suitcase, right? :-) After Christmas it will be easier to settle into packing mode...I hope.

Merry Christmas to all!

My wonderful church family

My church family surprised me on Sunday night. I really didn't expect (or want) a "going away" party or some such thing, yet they threw me one. It was very thoughtful of them. And apparently they collected an offering for me as well, and were quite generous. I didn't expect or ask for that either. I don't deserve the love that my church family has shown me; I hope I never disappoint them. Did I mention that this whole surprise was orchestrated without my parents' knowledge either? I don't know how Mrs Rocque did it, but somehow she planned it all and managed to surprise my family also.

I still can't believe they did this. I'm so very grateful, but I feel undeserving...and oh so loved!

A full week

I had a really great birthday Tuesday...I'm so blessed! On top of all of my friends and their warm birthday wishes, it snowed! Yay!! It snows every year for my birthday and I would be so sad if it didn't.

My financial clearance from ABWE is official; I got the email earlier this week. And my flight itinerary is safely filed with my other important documents. Today I finally found time to go to Target and get some important things to take with me, so now I can start packing!

There's still so much to do though. What was I thinking? December is so busy anyway, and I throw this into the middle of it! lol, that's alright. Somehow I'll get it all done. Hey it keeps me from getting bored, right? :-)

22 more days!!!

Only 22 more days, and oh so much still to do! But this is one thing I can check off the list now, lol. Now that I've finally gotten around to starting it, I plan to keep up on it...promise!

My co-workers threw me a surprise party today for my birthday. It was so sweet of them! I'm so blessed with my job and I'll miss them while I'm gone. Thank goodness for the age of computers!

Ok, on to the next thing on my list....