Tomorrow is the Day!

Today was pretty busy. I took the three packages of donations to the DHL facility about 2 miles from our house. Shipping was a lot less than I was expecting to pay. They say the packages will be in Tennessee in 2-3 days, so that will be plenty of time to go out in the August 15th shipment.

When I got back home, Patti came over to bring some things for me to take to her son in San Salvador. Her mom will meet me at the airport when I am en route back to the United States & we will both spend the night at the same hotel, as well as her cousin who flies in that day.

After my visit with Patti, I ran to do some last minute errands like: returning library books (and checking out a book for Andrés), going to get some last-minute supplies (OFF w/ 98% DEET, gum for the plane, sunglasses, SPF 80 sunscreen, etc), and finally stopping at the Christian bookstore for a book for myself to read on the way down. I had 2 books at home as well as a sudoku book, but want to be sure I have too much rather than not enough. I'm also taking a few Christian CDs and a CD player which I picked up at a church rummage sale yesterday for $1. I'll be leaving those down at the orphanage.

After packing Patti's things and the extra supplies I bought, both large suitcases were exactly 50 pounds according to my scale. Let's hope my scale matches what the scale at the airport says so that I don't have to pay a hefty fine.

Jenny came over tonight to participate in our Family movie night. We watched Hermie's video on sharing and then the new Bananas comedy: Bunch 3 (?). Mom & dad came over with Max to visit while we were about 1/2 way through the comedy and watched the end of it with us.

After everyone left, I called my uncle Jim down in Wheaton, IL. He'll be taking me to the airport and picking me up when I get back. I mapped out some directions and now am blogging. I'm winding down for the night, so hopefully I'll be able to get SOME sleep before waking really early to take off. I'll most likely leave around 8:00am. Have a great night!