it's a date

Is it 2008 already?

I almost didn't notice- except during our Family Home Evening activity on setting goals, and when I dated the check I wrote at Costco on Tuesday.

While I'm on it, I had to dust off the checkbook to do that. It's been ages since I wrote a check to pay for something at at store, but I misplaced my American Express and you know how Costco is about "outsider" credit cards. It felt like the fast, chipper music stopped abruptly and everyone was staring at me because I threw a kink in the world of fast payment methods just like in the commercials.

Back on topic. I feel like time is moving forward, with our without us. I've gotten a couple of emails from friends asking where in the world we are, so here's our update: We learned this week that our visas are taking longer than anticipated so we've set a new departure date. We'll leave the first week of February.

My friend, Kristin, asked me if it feels sort of like I'm pregnant and just passed my due date.

That's exactly what it feels like.

Except, not in the way that that would have felt with a first pregnancy. It's more like a 3rd pregnancy. We are so excited to go but at the same time I've got a whole lot of nesting still to do.

Originally the plan was to leave on January 11th. We'd be on a plane right now. I can't wait to go. I want to be there now. In all honesty though, it really is a blessing in several ways to wait a little longer.

In the meantime, we're pacing ourselves. Tonight I'm going to go finish laundry and organize my digital photo files. I got some new software for Christmas and I'm taking up digital scrapbooking while we're in Brazil.

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