2 days...

The count down continues, but as is the story with most things in our lives it seems there might be some changes. We are flying on buddy passes to Thailand, thanks Max and Karen, and the flights are filling up. Sometimes buddy passes aren't the best way to fly but when you are spending thousands of dollars and you can save 1/2ish it's worth the risk. So we are praying that we get on our flights. I think we might be leaving a day earlier, Sunday evening, flying to Seattle and flying out of there the next afternoon....provided we get on the plane. It seems that getting out of the US is the most difficult part of the equation. I hate leaving our kids a day, well really just an evening, earlier, but it is still ealier. God has this whole thing in His hands and I don't have to worry about it, but I do! It is rather funny that I was just telling Veldon today that my excitement is now overriding my anxiety, not anymore! HA Oh well, we have several days to work to get there, and we will arrive in Bangkok eventually. We may be tired and stinky but we'll get there!

Today we bought all the nanny and social worker gifts. It feels rather odd to be buying a gift for a woman who has slowed down our adoption, and the adoptions of friends of ours, to a snail's pace...yet we will do the right thing and take her a nice pack of scented soaps. With my brain and luck I'll forget them all...Veldon would kill me! He didn't really have fun buying all the pretty soaps and he left them in the garage so they wouldn't "stink up the house". He also mentioned double and triple bagging them so our suitcases don't stink. I'm pretty sure the manufacturers of these lovely soaps would be greatly offended to hear my man refer to their stink! Oh well, he is a man after all and sees no need for fancy smelling anything!

I'm sure there are a thousand things I need to get together, but right now it feels like things are under control. We have all day tomorrow to finish taking care of the house and packing. We have Sunday to go to church and possibly head to Seattle. It will be really nice to look back and remember this trip, walking through it will be rather interesting I do believe.