SO SO SO MUCH!

As our countdown draws closer to an end it feels as though the days are getting shorter.  Ever have that happen to you?  I was at a dinner party this weekend where I heard of life described of as being like a roll of toilet paper.  That as you draw closer to the end, it seems to unravel faster.  Thats what these last few weeks have felt like, and undoubtedly will be what these next two feel like.

Bella and I had an awesome weekend which sadly ended with her waking this monday morning with a terrible sinus infection and croup cough.   Friday night we went with "Uncle Brandon" to a BBQ for a friend from high school.  Its so wonderful to see old friends and to learn that they really haven't changed much except for growing wiser and more mature.  Saturday we went to a dinner party and "Auntie Christena's" house and had a really nice time until my allergies took over.  I haven't been around cats for years and apparently have no defense against them any more.  Sunday was our usual routine which is always a blessing.  I had 14 preschoolers in my class - a new record for sure!  Then Tia, Dave, Dave's sister Stephanie and their whole brood came over for lunch with my Noni which was really nice.  Dave took some of the kids and Stephanie to Diamond Head for a hike and then greeted us on their return home with yummy malasadas!  As the night ended, Bella and I were thoroughly exhausted from our weekend activities, but happy and blessed all the same.

I am home today with her, as she is sick, and its Zack's 25th birthday!  We're supposed to go out to dinner tonight...I'll pray, but I'm not so sure with my sick little one...

T Minus 33 Days

so here I am.  33 days left until Bella and I are reunited with my husband and we can live together as a family.  FINALLY.  We are flying out sometime in the second week of June - most likely the 6th or 7th - I'll be booking our tickets this week.  The three of us are nothing less than absolutely ecstatic to be together.  But HOLY MOLY there is so much to do in the next few weeks.

• deciding what to take, what not to take? 
• getting any paperwork Bella and I might need over there together
• Registering at Ft. Bragg with ACS and CYSS
• Getting Bella set up for continuing gymnastics and starting ballet in NC
• setting up our road trip to Maine in mid-June
• notifying the appropriate people of our "hiatus' " in Hawaii : Bella's current gym, Avon, etc.
• post and sell remaining wedding items on ebay

I'm confident it will all get done - I've certainly got the motivation!  It's also looking like Bella and I will be back in Hawaii for the month of August.  Everything is so uncertain with the military that all I can do to keep my sanity is plan for the worst and hope for the best.  In planning for the worst, Bella and I would return to Hawaii for the month of August and from there plan out the rest of the year - whether that means staying in Hawaii or returning again to NC.  I know what my heart desires, I can only pray that it would be as God desires as well.