May be the last post for a while...

So, some random thoughts before I go:

Ok, getting down to the end now. I've been busy packing everything we don't use on a daily basis, i.e. books, knick-knacks, special appliances/dishes, cold-weather clothes (since we don't have real winter here, only occasional cold weather), etc.

Mom, Gran and Maw-maw got here yesterday. Everything went well on the flight out. Maw-maw did ok despite her hip. They are all in fine spirits and it is good to have them here.

We're trying to eat up the last of the food. We've had mashed potatoes 3 days in a row trying to use up the box...I think my family is going to rebel about mashed potatoes and we probably won't have them again for six months.

Still have to shovel out my bedroom. It is the junk-collecting place, as it's the last room that anyone sees. So, you know, you throw everything you don't have a specific place for in there, til you can deal with it later. Well, later is now, unfortunately for me.

American Idol: Kinda bummed Melinda got booted. I really liked her and thought she was very professional. So, if I hafta choose between Blake and Jordin....definitely Jordin.

LOST: Hmmmmmm.....I am probably going to miss it tonight. Several reasons: Frank is still working on that final paper, and doesn't have time to watch it. And I can't very well watch it without him as that would just be wrong. And I wouldn't do that to him.
Also, American Idol finale is on tonight and I can't very well miss that either. So....ABC posts some of their shows online, including LOST. We'll just watch it later when we have time...hahaha, if that ever happens.

Speaking of papers, yeah. Frank has one 25 page paper left on Bioethics. He liked the class but I think has been secretly dreading the paper. (Is there anyone who doesn't dread 25 page papers on Bioethics?) Anyway, I think his topic is Invitro and genetic engineering or something like that. you go babe.

Busy trying to get in time these last few days to say good bye to my friends here. I wish you all could meet Deannah, Jackie, Alison, Sandra, Miriam, Jenn, Jenn (there are 2 of them), Shelley, Megan, Heather, etc, etc, etc. These are all women that have been there for me and have prayed for me, laughed with me and encouraged me while I've been on my 2 year trip. And now I have to say good bye. I'll be back in September to serve as an attendant in Deannah's wedding, which I am very excited about!!
I love them all dearly, and want you all to know that I was in good hands while in CA...

Last tee-ball game is tonight. Tee-ball and I have had a love-hate relationship these past few years. It is p'haps the most boring thing I've ever had to endure. but, know what? It has been so good for Frankie. He is so ok in a group now, and he used to be really shy. He loves to "show off" for family members, and I do have to say, he has an excellent slide. He has also earned the "game ball" 3 times this season! (Best player per game earns the game ball.) And, it's getting not as boring b/c the boys are getting older and more experienced, so it more closely resembles a real baseball game. This year they also graduated to no tee. So we can't even refer to it as tee-ball anymore. I better start enjoying it, b/c I'm afraid I'm stuck with it for awhile...Steven has been begging to play for the past 3 years, and will finally be old enough spring '08. the story of my life...

We will also miss our housemate, Abraham. Please pray for him: his wife is expecting their first baby, and he would very much like for her to get here before she delivers (she is still in India). They are working on a visa, but the U.S. Embassy can be very stubborn. Please pray that God will soften their hardened hearts and let Sangeetha come be with her husband.
Abraham and Frank have hit it off with this sarcastic, funny, guy kind of relationship, and I know we'll really miss him.

We keep telling people that they have friends in AL now, so they should come visit. That would be so cool if some of our CA friends could come visit the South. Lots of people out here have never been to the East coast. I think it was so good for us to get out of our comfort zone and move to a "foreign" land. Our horizons are definitely broadened, and I find that I am not nearly as self-centered as I was before, and I have a new appreciation for different cultures.

Ok, well I'm tired now and I can't think of anything else to say. Pray for us that we get packed up ok, get all the details wrapped up and that our trip will go well. We leave early morning, May 30th, with stops in Phoenix, AZ; College Station, TX, and then home. So maybe pull in sometime Saturday morning?....we'll see....

See you soon!

Been Awhile

Ok, been gently reminded by my good friend Jawan (otherwise known as the "Blog Cop" *grin*) that I need to post again. Well, it's cuz I am so busy is all...we're coming down to the end, and it's starting to get, well, a little crazy. Here's what's going on:


--Frank is down to 2 and 1/2 papers.


--Both of us searching Monster and madly posting resumes and hoping for emails and phone calls offering us the most perfect jobs in the whole wide world.


--Setting up the truck rental through Penske. We are driving the truck and our car. Plan as of today is for my mom, Frank's mom and grandmother to come out and see us for graduation. Then, Frank's mom/grandmother are going to fly the boys back home while me, my mom, and Frank will drive across the U.S. Plan is to leave early 5/30 and go to Phoenix, AZ and stay with Frank's family. Then 5/31 get up and drive to College Station, TX to see my sister (16 hours to get there, ugh.) Then we'll only be 12 hours from home....so we'll see how it goes.


--Looking for someone to fill my post here in Accounting at Biola. So far, no one. But we do have one possibility.


--Madly getting everything together at work--creating a manual, just in case they don't hire someone before I leave--which it's looking more and more like that everyday....


--Pumping the boys up about going home...they are getting excited, although I don't think Steven remembers much...Frankie, however, has the memory of an elephant.


--Catching as many days of Angels' Baseball and Disneyland as we can before we go...


--Getting to all the rest of the tee ball games before we go...


--Getting sad and glad all at the same time. Sad to leave friends we've made here. Glad to be seeing family and friends when we get back.

So, 25 days and counting...