2 Days to Go

Today was pretty busy for me, although I spent most of the day at home. My arms are quite tired from packing a suitcase and running to a non-carpeted area to make sure it's less than 50 pounds. I've had to unpack and repack quite a bit to make the 1st suitcase work out. I'm now on the 2nd suitcase and it's currently at 55 pounds. I have to figure out how to get 5 pounds out of much-needed items out of there and onto my carry-on.

Speaking of carry-on, I'll have to check back onto the Delta Airlines website for the 3rd time today to double check on the dimensions I'm allowed. I had one carry-on in mind, but it didn't have enough room to get close to the 40 pounds I'm allowed. The duffle bag I tried seemed too big. Now I'm using a carry-on that came with one of the luggage pieces I purchased at Savers (for $0.99), but I'm not sure that it'll have enough room either.

Julie stopped by to drop quite a few boxes of crayons off for the children at Orphanage Emmanuel and Mari brought over the Lempiras that came in today. The kids had fun looking at the money from Honduras. I just hope they don't think it's "play money" and it disappears before I take off, lol.

Speaking of the kids, Noah was very eager to grab a bunch of his trucks and put them into the boxes that I will be shipping off to Dr. Reynolds tomorrow. Alina was a little more reluctant, but did grab a Dora the Explorer hand-held toy as well as a Dora doll (complete with shoes, backpack, a book & dog!). I would love it if the kids sent some of their toys each year down to Honduras!

Andrés asked Noah where Mommy was going and he said "to Honduras". For all the times that I think he's not listening to us...he's ALWAYS asking "What?" when we say something to him. I'm so proud of him for paying attention to this! I showed Alina & Noah pictures of the Orphanage Emmanuel website today, so they got to see the pages with pictures of the girls and boys - along with their names, which made it a little more personal for them.

I am actually going to turn in early tonight because I have quite a bit to do tomorrow - seeing as it's the last full day I'll be home. Have a great night!